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Basement
Strategy 11 November 2019
An economic strategy game by Belarusian studio Halfbus. The title is a full-fledged version of the free-to-play prototype created for the Ludum Dare contest. You play as a scientist, who cannot gather funds for his research the legitimate way and decides to produce drugs. After finding a suitable location, you get to work and cook small amounts of narcotics for local addicts.
Badland: Game of the Year Edition
Arcade 03 April 2013
Original, two-dimensional side-scrolling arcade game, which is a debut production of independent Finnish studio Frogmind. In Badland we take control over unspecified creature and our task is to lead it through levels filled with various obstacles and traps. However, the game is complicated by the fact that we are gradually joined by more of our hero's brethren, so as the game progresses we are forced to control more and more creatures.
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Arcade 04 December 2018
The unofficial seventh installment in the Wonder Boy/Monster World series, developed by Game Atelier. Although the studio does not own the rights to the brand, the game takes place in the same universe and the story fits this specific world. The game is set in a fantasy realm and you play as the eponymous Monster Boy, whose task is to lift a powerful curse.
Alone With You
Adventure 23 August 2016
An SF adventure game developed by Benjamin Rivers – the creators of the horror game Home. In Alone With You the player assumes the role of a colonist who is a lone survivor of a catastrophe that befell his base on an alien planet that will be completely destroyed in the span of a single month. You cannot leave the planet as the only spaceship available is broken and the hero has neither knowledge nor abilities to make it work again.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze
Adventure 28 October 2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze is a dynamic side-scrolled platformer, created under the license of the animated series Nickelodeon about Warrior Ninja Turtles. While having fun, we travel through New York and Dimension X, fighting and overcoming agility stages. We have at our disposal four different characters of the title Ninja Turtles. The game is the work of the WayForward Technologies studio.
Color Guardians
Arcade 21 April 2015
A side-scrolling action game developed by Costa Rican studio Fair Play Labs. The title combines the features of classic platform games with endless runners that are popular on mobile platforms. In Color Guardians the player takes control of three titular guardians who represent the three basic colors. Their task it to return the colors to the worlds they travel through. They can do it by collecting special, colorful balls.
Black Witchcraft
Action 27 September 2022
An original beat ‘em up developed by Korean studio QuattroGear. The players assume the role of Ligeia, a witch that embarks on a quest to find her missing sister. The search leads her to Usher, a town infested with hellish beasts. To learn more about her sister’s whereabouts, Ligeia has to face hordes of dangerous demons. Black Witchcraft is seen from a side perspective. The gameplay comprises of exploration, platforming, avoiding traps, as well as combat.
Shutshimi
Action 25 August 2015
A light-hearted arcade game developed by Neon Deity Games which draws from classic side-scrolling shooters. In Shutshimi, player assumes the role of an unusual goldfish that ventures into the deepest parts of the ocean in order to face the dangers which threaten the safety of the marine kingdom. Regrettably, the main hero – as every fish – has a problem with long-term memory, and remembers only last ten seconds.
Rose and Locket
Action 2025
Action platform game of the metroidvania type. In Rose & Locket we find ourselves in the underworld inspired by Mexican folklore, which we explore as an outlaw trying to free her daughter's soul.
River City Girls Zero
Action 14 February 2022
A spin-off of the River City (Kunio-kun in Japanese) series and a prequel to the River City Girls sub-series. River City Girls Zero is a classic beat'em up. Kunio and Riki must clear their names and find the person who framed them for the crime, which Misako and Kyoko help them with.
Infernax
Action 14 February 2022
Metroidvania made as an old school action platform game. In Infernax we play as a knight who goes to the source of black magic that ravages his homeland. We eliminate hordes of monsters and make decisions which influence the course of the story.
Wonder Boy Collection
Arcade 03 June 2022
A set of four platform games from the Wonder Boy series. In Wonder Boy Collection we play as characters who travel through fantastic lands, trying to eliminate the dangers that threaten them.
With You
Puzzle 02 February 2022
With You is a co-op "minigame" created by a student with couples in mind, in which the shared adventure of one-eyed shapes is an excuse to deepen the bond and trust between the players.
LEGO Brawls
Fighting 19 September 2019
Brawler with platform game elements, bringing to mind Super Smash Bros. series. In Lego Brawls we take part in fierce fights on various arenas, battling for victory as characters from the title bricks.
Sword of the Vagrant
RPG 13 July 2018
Two-dimensional action RPG set in a fantasy world. The player takes on the role of Vivian the Vagrant, who follows her missing father while discovering the secrets of her family.
Astral Ascent
Action 14 November 2023
A roguelike action platformer. Astral Ascent tasks us with escaping an astral prison by defeating its guardians, the Zodiacs. The game supports singleplayer and local co-op.
Clan O'Conall and the Crown of the Stag
Arcade 28 April 2021
Platform action game inspired by Celtic folklore and the Trine series. In Clan O'Conall and the Crown of the Stag, we go through colourful stages, fight against enemies and solve puzzles, controlling three heroes, between whom we can switch at any time.
Stick It to the Stickman
Action 2024
An action game made in 2.5D format, referring to the popular stick men. Stick It to the Stickman offers battle-packed gameplay, a humorous narrative and lets you play with an elaborate physics model.
Song of Iron 2
Action September 2024
The second installment in a series of 2.5D action games. Song of Iron 2 has us playing as a viking, uniting four clans against a common enemy - a technologically advanced empire enslaving the northern people.
Anvil Saga
Strategy 16 November 2023
Anvil Saga is a sim game about running a medieval forge during the Hundred Years' War. The player has to complete orders, develop the business, construct new rooms and hire workers.
Flashback 2
Action 16 November 2023
The second part of the cult action platform games series, launched in 1992. In Flashback 2 we once again play the role of Conrad B. Hart, who must once again face the aliens called Morphs hiding under the form of humans.
Edge of Sanity
Adventure 2024
Horror action adventure game with survival elements, inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. In Edge of Sanity we find ourselves in Cold War-era Alaska overrun by monsters and cultists.
Gunbrella
Action 13 September 2023
An action platformer starring a woodsman traversing a retrofuturistic world. The player wields the titular Gunbrella, a hybrid of a gun and an umbrella, used to fight, glide, go down ziplines and dive.
American Arcadia
Adventure 15 November 2023
A cross between a first-person adventure game and an action platformer. American Arcadia is set in the titular metropolis, its people unknowingly participating in a reality show, where losing popularity among the audience gets them killed.