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Best Platformers for Low-End PC

Not everyone has a powerful computer to play modern AAA blockbusters with realistic graphics. Many people still play on old PCs for studying and weak office laptops.

But you can play on just about anything. Especially platformers. Games of this genre work great on weak computers.

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Terraria
Terraria
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Survival, Online
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May 16, 2011
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...
Dead Cells
Dead Cells
Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania
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August 6, 2018
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 89/100
The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit, throw, burn, and...
Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania
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February 24, 2017
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 89/100
An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...
Rayman Legends
Rayman Legends
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)
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August 29, 2013
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 90/100
Rayman Legends is a continuation of the exciting side-scrolling arcade platformer Rayman Origins. Rayman and his friends find a mysterious tent in the magical...
Geometry Dash
Geometry Dash
Arcade, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie, Side view, Music game
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November 23, 2013
Players: 7.4/10
Steam: 93/100
Geometry Dash is a fast-paced arcade platformer where you have to jump and dodge over various obstacles. The game has many levels that will bring many challenges...
Blasphemous
Blasphemous
Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie
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September 10, 2019
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 79/100
A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...
Salt and Sanctuary
Salt and Sanctuary
Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania
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March 15, 2016
Players: 9/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour
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October 28, 2003
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 88/100
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Among the scorched sands of Persia, an ancient legend...
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Action, Platformer, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour
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November 30, 2004
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view. The story of the game takes place several years after the...
Limbo
Limbo
Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie
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July 21, 2010
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 69/100
Metacritic: 88/100
A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure
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June 26, 2014
Players: 8/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 88/100
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat the evil...
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Action, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour
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December 1, 2005
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view, which is the third part of The Sands of Time series...
Death's Gambit
Death's Gambit
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania
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August 13, 2018
Players: 9/10
Steam: 80/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Death's Gambit is an arcade side-scrolling action platformer with RPG elements. You have to act as an agent of death, whose goal is to rid the world of “immortals...
Rogue Legacy
Rogue Legacy
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike
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June 27, 2013
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Rogue Legacy is a fantasy platforming roguelite in which a hero explores procedurally generated castles and battles enemies. When a character dies, an heir takes...
Trine 2
Trine 2
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval
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December 7, 2011
VGTimes: 9.0/10
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 85/100
Trine 2 — is a 2D platformer in which the player controls three playable characters (the thief Zoe, the wizard Amadeus and the knight Pontius), solving...
Risk of Rain
Risk of Rain
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike
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November 8, 2013
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Risk of Rain is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will take you to a distant...
Axiom Verge
Axiom Verge
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania, Indie
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March 30, 2015
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...
DuckTales Remastered
DuckTales Remastered
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Remake
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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...
Dig or Die
Dig or Die
Arcade, Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Indie, Survival, Sandbox, Crafting
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July 10, 2018
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 91/100
This science-fiction survival game with strategy and sandbox elements follows a CRAFT & Co representative whose spacecraft crashes on a hostile planet. To...
SteamWorld Dig
SteamWorld Dig
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Steampunk
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August 8, 2013
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 80/100
SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...
Psychonauts
Psychonauts
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Comedy, Adventure
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April 19, 2005
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...
Spelunky
Spelunky
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie
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July 4, 2012
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Spelunky is a fun adventure that takes you to explore dangerous but rich mines. You will control a rather big-nosed but cute gold digger who came to the mines for...
Gunpoint
Gunpoint
Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Indie, Tactics, Puzzle
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June 3, 2013
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game about a freelance spy who takes jobs infiltrating secure buildings to steal sensitive data. Across 20 missions, a story of murder...
Towerfall: Ascension
Towerfall: Ascension
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Online, Indie
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June 25, 2013
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Towerfall: Ascension is a fun side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you take on the role of archers who hate each other very much and fight on a...
Shank 2
Shank 2
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure
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February 7, 2012
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 75/100
This 2D side-scrolling action platformer follows Shank, a former mob hitman drawn back into a fight when people close to him are threatened. He uses an arsenal of...
SpeedRunners
SpeedRunners
Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Racing, Indie
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April 19, 2016
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
SpeedRunners is a co-op arcade action platformer that puts running at the center of the game, challenging players to compete in speed races online. Your task is to...
Shank
Shank
Action, Platformer, Side view, Beat them all, Cooperative (co-op), Indie
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August 24, 2010
Players: 6.9/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Set in a stylized criminal underworld, this side-scrolling beat ’em up follows Shank on a quest for revenge. Its story unfolds through fully animated scenes, while...
Duck Game
Duck Game
Arcade, Online, Action, Side view, Platformer
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May 13, 2014
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Duck Game is a side-scrolling multiplayer arcade action game. The game takes us to 1984, where ducks rule the world. The game has the ability to fight up to 4...
BattleBlock Theater
BattleBlock Theater
Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy
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April 3, 2013
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 85/100
BattleBlock Theater is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer. There are a total of eight different modes available in the game. In Soul, the player will...
Braid
Braid
Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie
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August 6, 2008
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 92/100
Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...
Comix Zone
Comix Zone
Arcade, Action, Fighting, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Side view
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June 10, 2009
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 94/100
Comix Zone is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view in the style of comics. Sketch Turner is an artist based in New York. One day...
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania
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August 15, 2012
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...
Mercenary Kings
Mercenary Kings
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
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July 22, 2013
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...
VVVVVV
VVVVVV
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration
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January 11, 2010
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 85/100
VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Casual game
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March 4, 2016
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 96/100
Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...
Apotheon
Apotheon
Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Adventure
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February 3, 2015
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Apotheon — A fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer. The main character Nikandreos will have to climb Mount Olympus to gain the power of the gods. Only...
Trine
Trine
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)
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July 2, 2009
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 82/100
This fantasy action-platformer with physics-based puzzles follows a wizard, a knight and a thief whose fates become bound by a mysterious artifact called the Trine...
Aquaria
Aquaria
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Metroidvania, Indie, Exploration
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December 7, 2007
Players: 9.9/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Aquaria is a metroidvania set in a vast underwater world filled with living creatures and ancient secrets. Naija, a solitary ocean dweller, searches for her family...
Rusted Moss
Rusted Moss
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Old school, Metroidvania
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April 12, 2023
Steam: 88/100
The main character travels across the map with the help of her grappling hook, fighting her way through witches and rusty machine monsters. The unique grappling...
DDraceNetwork
DDraceNetwork
Arcade, Action, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Free game, Platformer
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August 17, 2020
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 93/100
DDraceNetwork is a side-scrolling team-based competitive action platformer where you and your friends compete against other players to speed through various levels...
Sonic Riders
Sonic Riders
Racing, Third-person view, Anime / Manga
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February 21, 2006
Players: 9.4/10
Metacritic: 57/100
Sonic Riders — is a racing game made in three-dimensional graphics. The game takes place on levels called tracksGo to the “#Tracks” section. The characters...
Transformice
Transformice
Arcade, Action, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online
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May 1, 2010
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 85/100
Transformice is a multiplayer platformer in which mice navigate traps to reach cheese and carry it back. Rounds take place on maps filled with physics-based...
Soldat
Soldat
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view
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June 29, 2002
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 94/100
Soldat is a free-to-play, fun side-scrolling shooter inspired by games like Liero, Worms (2005), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Quake. The game has...
Katyusha
Katyusha
Role-playing game, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action
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2026
Anticipation Rating: 5/10
The game is based on the popular Soviet song from the Great Patriotic War, "Katyusha", which is about a girl texting her boyfriend while fighting at the front. She...
Vagante
Vagante
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Online
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February 22, 2018
Players: 10/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 69/100
Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...
The Pest
The Pest
Side view, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie
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May 19, 2022
Steam: 75/100
The main character is a tiny pest virus that is heading towards the core of the system. The player solves complex puzzles and tries to avoid dangerous computer...
Eat Colors
Eat Colors
Platformer, Side view, Old school, Indie, Free game, Action
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June 16, 2022
Steam: 90/100
A pixelated precision game where instead of running and jumping, you have to jump from one surface to another, using only the mouse to control a sticky character...
Pompom the Great Space Rescue
Pompom the Great Space Rescue
Indie, Side view, Platformer, Comedy, Space, Old school
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March 14, 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 86/100
A hamster named Pompom goes into space to save the boy Hoshi and stop the gang of space cat pirates Captain Murmyous. The main feature of the game is that you need...
NinjaThea
NinjaThea
Casual game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Old school
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August 23, 2022
Steam: 96/100
NinjaThea is a casual indie side-scrolling action platformer. Mischievous creatures have stolen all the fruit from the local grocery store. You, the brave little...
Trine 2: Complete Story
Trine 2: Complete Story
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle
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June 6, 2013
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Trine 2: Complete Story is a complete edition of the atmospheric action platformer with a side view in the fantasy setting of Trine 2, which contains all previously...
Chenso Club
Chenso Club
Cooperative (co-op), Action, Roguelike, Platformer, Comedy, Indie, Side view
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September 1, 2022
Steam: 74/100
CHENSO CLUB is a cooperative action-rogal with a view of the side of the platformer. Welcome to the growing community of fighters who are ready to save humanity...
Alpha Ball
Alpha Ball
Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Arkanoid
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June 8, 2004
Alpha Ball — another variation on the theme of the classic arkanoid, but this time, truly unusual. The fact is that in addition to the transition to a...
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania, Adventure, Indie
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August 3, 2011
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 76/100
This 2D action-adventure with shooter and metroidvania elements follows a journey toward the center of the mysterious Shadow Planet. The protagonist explores...
Don't Byte Your Tongue
Don't Byte Your Tongue
Side view, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Cyberpunk
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April 7, 2023
Steam: 100/100
The main character jumps on platforms, trying to get as high as possible. Each jump must be made as if life depends on it, since one mistake can return the...
Velocity 2X
Velocity 2X
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Side view, Puzzle, Futurism (Future), Platformer
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September 2, 2014
Steam: 62/100
Metacritic: 88/100
Velocity 2X is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. Abducted by a race of hostile aliens, Lieutenant Kai Tana must use her quick...
Magneko
Magneko
Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game
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August 20, 2022
Steam: 81/100
Magneko is an indie arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. This is a cat who lives in the witch's house. Punished for some mistakes, the cat became a magical...
Steelborn
Steelborn
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Combat robots, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Exploration
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March 8, 2023
Players: 9/10
Steam: 79/100
Earth headquarters have lost contact with a remote colony on planet VL-744. The main character, together with his faithful fighting vehicle, goes on reconnaissance...
Koumajou Remilia Scarlet Symphony
Koumajou Remilia Scarlet Symphony
Action, Adventure, Side view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Platformer
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July 28, 2022
Players: 9/10
Steam: 65/100
Koumajou Remilia Scarlet Symphony is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The legendary 2009 game returns with updated HD graphics, new dialogue and...
BEEP
BEEP
Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure
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March 30, 2011
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 82/100
A 2D science-fiction platformer about a small robot exploring the galaxy. BEEP travels across planets, overcoming hazards and fighting enemy robots with an...
BlackHole
BlackHole
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Indie
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February 27, 2015
Steam: 86/100
BlackHole is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with a variety of puzzles in a sci-fi setting. When Ender's spaceship is sucked into a black hole, the crew...
Unit 404
Unit 404
Puzzle, Side view, Science fiction, Platformer, Logic
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August 21, 2020
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 88/100
The game takes place in an abandoned fantasy complex. You need to help the little robot overcome all the challenges and find a way out. More than 70 levels filled...
Cortex Command
Cortex Command
Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Tactics
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September 28, 2012
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 44/100
A tactical arcade game with strategy and platforming elements, Cortex Command centers on mining gold from deformable pixel terrain. The resources can be spent on...

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