WayForward - all the best games of the company

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Remake

August 13, 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 74/100

DuckTales Remastered is an HD remake of the cult game based on the animated series DuckTales. The game contains many restored levels from the original, as well as...

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Metroidvania, Exploration, Anime / Manga

August 19, 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A remastered version of the sequel to the first Shantae, released for the Game Boy Advance, the project of which was suspended in 2004 due to problems with the...

Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition

Action, Indie, Platformer

November 18, 2012

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Players fight crime in a mechanical world of shifting forms and dimensions. Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition centers on these transformations and changes...

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Action

October 23, 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is the third part of the series, which follows the adventures of the half-genie Shantae, who tries to thwart the plans of the pirate...

Mighty Switch Force!

December 22, 2011

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This action game follows Patricia Wagon, a cybernetic peacekeeper tasked with capturing escaped space hooligans on Planet Land. She is aided by Corporal Gendarmor...

Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW!

Arcade, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Top-down view, Action, Dungeons

November 12, 2013

Steam: 41/100

Metacritic: 42/100

This action-adventure with beat ’em up combat follows Finn and Jake into the Secret Royal Dungeon, where Princess Bubblegum sends them to investigate thefts and...

Clock Tower: Rewind

Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Old school, Gothic, Survival horror

October 28, 2024

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Re-release of the 16-bit horror [url=https://vgtimes.ru/games/clock-tower-1997/] Clock Tower[ /url]. The game tells the story of orphan Jennifer. She ended up in...

Contra: Operation Galuga

Action, Arcade, Side view, Shooter, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Old school

March 12, 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Reimagining of the original side-scrolling shooter Contra from 1987. The game includes new levels, enemies, game mechanics, and a weapon system. The story mode...

SpongeBob Squigglepants

April 12, 2011

Metacritic: 62/100

A collection of more than 100 Nanogames set across six zany worlds from SpongeBob. The challenges involve tilting and flicking the device, tapping the screen, and...

Sigma Star Saga DX

Role-playing game, Shooter, Top-down view, Side view, Science fiction, Old school, Space, Action

April 7, 2026

Steam: 95/100

Updated and expanded version of Sigma Star Saga from 2005. The game combines side-scrolling battles with top-down planet exploration. The player takes on the role...

Rose & Camellia Collection

April 16, 2024

Metacritic: 60/100

This slap-fighting mini-game follows Reiko Tsubakikoji, a widow who challenges her husband’s aristocratic family after his death and the mockery she faces from its...

Despicable Me: The Game - Minion Mayhem

July 6, 2010

Metacritic: 54/100

An action-puzzle game about supervillain Gru, who is planning the biggest heist in history: stealing the Moon. Players complete heists and missions, command...

Lunark

Indie, Action, Adventure

March 30, 2023

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 2D cinematic platformer in the vein of 1990s classics, set amid a rebellion against the totalitarian regime of LUNARK. Players control Leo, a lonely young orphan...

Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche

April 1, 2020

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This science-fiction side-scrolling shoot ’em up follows Kebako, a cat-eared intergalactic bounty hunter who patrols the galaxies with her companion Squiddie in...

Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land

October 29, 2013

Metacritic: 48/100

Mordecai and Rigby face challenges inside their favorite video games as they try to escape and get home. They use their skills and unique abilities to overcome the...

Mummy Demastered

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Adventure

October 23, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Mummy Demastered is a classic side-scrolling action platformer. Once again, a powerful and ancient evil has awakened and threatens all of humanity. You will try on...

Mighty Milky Way

May 9, 2011

Metacritic: 81/100

The game follows Luna on a secret mission, with the player helping her by pulsing some planets. These actions are part of carrying out her...

Yars Rising

Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Platformer, Comics, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration

September 10, 2024

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A young hacker, Amy Kimura, is hired by a mysterious client to infiltrate the sinister QoTech corporation. The heroine embarks on an exciting adventure where she...

Vitamin Connection

Action

January 17, 2020

Metacritic: 80/100

An arcade game about rescuing the Sable family and their dog from dangers inside the body. Players navigate maze-like stages, blast subatomic foes with a Vitamin...

Dawn of the Monsters

Action, Adventure, Side view

March 15, 2022

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Dawn of the Monsters is a manga-inspired, side-scrolling kaiju beat ’em up about a battle to defend Earth from an invasion by the giant Nephilim. The Defense...

Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer

November 18, 2014

Players: 9.5/10

Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom is an arcade game with a mixture of adventure and platformer from developers from Little Orbit and WayForward...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Comics

October 28, 2014

Players: 5.7/10

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze is an action game with a mixture of fighting and platforming from the masters from the studios WayForward...

River City Girls Zero

Arcade, Side view, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Music game, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Motorcycle racing

February 14, 2022

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 68/100

River City Girls Zero is a cooperative Beat 'em up action game with 16-bit graphics, which tells the story of four characters: Kunio, Riki, Misako and Kyoko. In the...

A Boy and His Blob

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Remake

October 13, 2009

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...

RWBY: Arrowfell

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Side view, Science fiction, Exploration

November 15, 2022

Steam: 71/100

RWBY: Arrowfell is an arcade action platformer with slasher elements and a side view in the RWBY universe. You will play as four members of Team RWBY — Ruby...

Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck

October 9, 2007

Metacritic: 66/100

A collection of mini-games inspired by the classic Duck Amuck cartoon, in which players use a stylus to irritate and aggravate Daffy Duck. Challenges combine...

LIT (2009)

February 9, 2009

Metacritic: 74/100

This horror puzzle game follows Jake, who is trapped in a high school overrun by dark creatures. He must make his way through 30 classrooms, using available light...

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