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Hello Neighbor 2
Hello Neighbor 2

Arcade 06 December 2022

Hello Neighbor 2 is another part of the FPP stealth game, developed by Eerie Guest studio (formerly known as Dynamic Pixels). The game is a direct continuation of the first part and allows players to investigate the mystery of Mr. Peterson's disappearance.

Sonic Mania
Sonic Mania

Arcade 15 August 2017

A 3D platformer that came out as a reboot of one of the most popular adventure game series, featuring the titular Sonic the Hedgehog. This production was created by a SEGA’s subsidiary, Sonic Team, employing people who helped create the series and its most important iterations.

Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey

Arcade 27 October 2017

Super Mario Odyssey is a 3D platform game developed for Nintendo Switch and another installment of the Mario video game franchise. In Super Mario Odyssey, the titular plumber has to saved his beloved Princess Peach, who this time faces a forced marriage with the game's main antagonist, Bowser. The game takes place not only in the typical for the series fairy-tale land, but also in the alternative version of the real world.

Terraria
Terraria

Arcade 27 June 2019

A sandbox platform game by indie studio Re-Logic, sometimes called the 2D version of the popular Minecraft. There is no set goal; your task is basically to shape the randomly-generated world around you. At first you only have a few basic tools, which allow you to dig and find resources, chop wood, and create simple structures. As the game progresses, due to the extensive crafting system, you discover better tools, allowing you to create advanced materials and to fight monsters.

Rime
Rime

Arcade 14 November 2017

A third-person view adventure game developed by Tequila Works studio from Spain, which successfully debuted in 2012 with a post-apocalyptic platformer Deadlight. You assume the role of a boy who is trying to escape a mysterious island that conceals a sinister past. During the course of the game you will solve numerous puzzles, using a magical artifact that allows you to manipulate the environment and time. The title, despite being an action game also includes many platformer elements.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Arcade 16 February 2024

A remake of a 2004 puzzle platformer. Mario vs. Donkey Kong stars the titular plumber, facing off against Donkey Kong to reclaim the Mini-Mario toys he stole.

Gift
Gift

Arcade 08 May 2024

A platformer with adventure game elements. Gift tasks us with escaping a sinking ship by jumping onto platforms, avoiding traps and solving environmental puzzles.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble

Arcade 25 June 2024

An arcade TPP game in which we control characters placed in glass balls. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble is the next entry of a Sega series originating from 2001. It features a large adventure mode (to be played alone or in co-op), as well as various multiplayer modes.

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition

Arcade 18 July 2024

An unusual collection of Nintendo's retro games. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition was inspired by the tournaments from the past and it's about speedrunning. We can participate in timed challenges from various popular NES games and post results on leaderboards.

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4: Bush Rescue Returns
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4: Bush Rescue Returns

Arcade 26 September 2023

An attempt to revive the platform series, popular in 2002-2005, whose protagonist is the title Tiger named YOU. Unlike the three-dimensional predecessors, this time we are dealing with a classic 2D platform. In the game we accompany the tiger and his friends from the Bush Resuers team in the next adventures, taking place in the indigenous Australian scenery.

Tomba! Special Edition
Tomba! Special Edition

Arcade 01 August 2024

Produced by Ukrainian studio Creoteam, a soccer game that combines elements of a virtual team manager with turn-based strategy. In the beginning of the game, you create your own club, and help it win the championship through a series of victories. Matches are played out in turn-based system, in which you give commands to your players, a formula quite unusual for this genre. In each turn you can execute up to 3 actions, and every action takes a number of movement points.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Arcade 24 February 2023

A remastered and enhanced with new content version of the 2011 platform game. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, we play as Kirby, who, along with his friends, travels the planet Popstar in search of parts from a crashed spaceship.

Fez
Fez

Arcade 14 April 2021

An arcade platform game in a retro style, created by the development team Polytron. We play the role of Gomez, who, living in the 2D world so far, realizes the existence of another dimension. The title presents the game in a rather innovative way, realizing various puzzles using two-dimensional boards in the three-dimensional world. All this takes place in a pixel, colourful design. The game is noteworthy for its unique presentation.

LEGO Harry Potter Collection
LEGO Harry Potter Collection

Arcade 30 October 2018

A set of two enhanced parts of the LEGO Harry Potter series for the eighth generation consoles, originally released in 2010-2011 by Traveller's Tales and Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment. The set includes the games LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, based on the seven books in the series by the British writer J.K. Rowling.

Pianista: The Legendary Virtuoso
Pianista: The Legendary Virtuoso

Arcade 25 October 2018

Pianist: The Legendary Virtuoso is a music-rhythmic game that offers a number of fun modes and difficulty levels, as well as works by the greatest composers of classical music, such as Bach, Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi and Dvorák. The title has been enriched with online scoreboards and rankings, as well as educational elements, allowing us to get acquainted with the biography of individual artists.

Gleamlight
Gleamlight

Arcade 20 August 2020

Gleamlight is a two-dimensional action game with platform elements. During the adventure, players travel through a world made entirely of glass, bypassing the traps and fighting opponents they encounter.

Senran Kagura Peach Ball
Senran Kagura Peach Ball

Arcade 09 July 2019

Senran Kagura Peach Ball is another part of the adventures of ninja girls who see themselves as animals in an accident. The player's task is to restore their normal form by playing pinball.

Evergate
Evergate

Arcade 18 August 2020

A platform game with adventure elements, in which we get to the beyond worlds. Playing as a young soul named Ki, we travel through a fairy-tale land full of dangers, trying to regain the lost memories of the heroine.

OkunoKA
OkunoKA

Arcade 30 November 2018

Okunoka is a demanding platform game where speed and agility count. Over 100 levels full of fancy traps, challenges and numerous deaths.

Clustertruck
Clustertruck

Arcade 15 March 2018

A first-person perspective action game with platform features, developed by Swedish studio Landfall Games. In Clustertruck the player is tasked with jumping across the roofs of trucks that drive in a convoy. Each level has its beginning and end, and the objective of the game is to complete the whole track without touching the ground. Despite the simple gameplay rules, as the game progresses the objectives become harder and crazier.

Hob: The Definitive Edition
Hob: The Definitive Edition

Arcade 04 April 2019

An arcade adventure game developed by Runic Games, an American studio behind the Torchlight series. In Hob, we assume the role of a hero who wakes up in a beautiful but dangerous world on the verge of annihilation. The protagonist does not remember how he came to be in that place, and he will learn the answers for his questions only as the story progresses. What’s interesting, the production does not feature any text or dialogues, which gives a lot of room for interpretation.

Sega Mega Drive Classics
Sega Mega Drive Classics

Arcade 06 December 2018

A compilation of more than fifty games that originally debuted on Sega Mega Drive console (also known as Sega Genesis). Sega Mega Drive Classics features a special menu stylized as a room of a gamer from the nineties’. In addition to that, the compilation features local and online multiplayer mode.

Gris
Gris

Arcade 13 December 2018

Gris is an artistic 2D platformer. We are guided by the actions of the title girl trying to deal with the painful past. We travel through a beautiful, surreal world, solving puzzles and overcoming simple platform sequences. The game is the work of Nomad's debuting studio.

Limbo
Limbo

Arcade 28 June 2018

Very unique two-dimensional platformer from the independent developer PlayDead. We play as a small boy who sets on dangerous journey to save his sister. He traverses surrealistic landscapes, coming across many deadly traps and running away from monstrous spider, which follow him tirelessly. In terms of gameplay, Limbo borrows from classic platform titles, though not without adding a few original features.