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381 games like Freedom Planet · 2009 – 2018
Timed Xbox exclusive
Dreamcast, Linux, Switch +6
Remember when games were tough? Return to the Golden Age of arcades with an all-NEW hardcore action experience that pulls no punches. Volgarr the Viking possesses all the hallmarks of the true classics - simple controls, high challenge, and
75 rating9 lists9.5 h main storyOften paired
WayForward Technologies · Switch, PS4, PS5 +5
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! After three highly successful outings with Shantae, Shantae: Risky's Revenge, and Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Shantae and her friends finally get a full HD console-based sequel! Boasting v
81 rating10 lists9.5 h main storyOften paired
Bit Kid · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Chasm is a procedurally-generated RPG Platformer for PC (Win, Mac, & Linux), Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Taking equal inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, it will immerse you in a proce
69 rating2 lists9 h main storyOften paired
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Over The Moon · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
The Fall is a side-scrolling adventure game with platforming and combat elements. Your character is an AI controlling a combat suit whose occupant is unresponsive and presumably dead or seriously injured. You have crash landed on an unknown
78 rating1 list3.5 h main storyOften paired
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a huge, open world filled with intricate puzzles, oddball characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure telling a personal story about faith,
80 rating5 lists11 h main storyOften paired
Switch, PS4, Windows +1
A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifact
83 rating4 lists13 h main storyOften paired
Windows
Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle. You play as Spark, an electric jester frustrated by the loss of his job! On one beautiful day, rob
72 rating1 list4.5 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Revolution Software · Android, Linux, Switch +5
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse is a classical point & click adventure. It abandons 3D graphics and direct control which were used in the two predecessors and returns to the style of the first two games. The only major technical differe
72 rating1 list11 h main storyOften paired
Switch, PS4, Wii U +4
Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeat
72 rating5 lists5 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Sparpweed · Linux, Switch, PS3 +1
The green creature, ibb, and the pink creature, obb, travel through a world divided by a thin horizon line; on either side of the barrier, everything is inverted and gravity works in opposite directions. The game is focused on cooperative p
75 rating1 list6.5 h main storyOften paired
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
The Little Acre follows the story of Aidan and his daughter, Lily, set in 1950's Ireland. After discovering clues as to the whereabouts of his missing father, Aidan begins investigating until he inadvertently finds himself transported to a
71 rating4 lists1.5 h main storyOften paired
Bits & Beasts · Android, Linux, PS4 +4
Feist is a beautiful, poetic and action packed game, with an enchanting and spooky atmosphere. It tells the story of a small creature surviving in a mysterious, hostile world. Once players escape the crude crate the strange, lumbering beast
61 rating2 lists2.5 h main story
Inti Creates · Linux, Nintendo 3DS, PS3 +7
Mighty No. 9 is a Japanese 2D Side-scrolling Action game that takes the best elements from 8 and 16-bit classics that you know and love and transforms them with modern tech, fresh mechanics, and fan input into something fresh and amazing!
56 rating9 lists5 h main story
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Poi is a 3D adventure platformer throwback to the 90s era of classic platforming games. Explore big worlds, compete in challenge levels, meet quirky characters and pull off classic platforming feats on a journey to become a Master Explorer.
79 rating4 lists5.5 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Android, Linux, Switch +9
A black-and-white puzzle game inspired by the art of M. C. Escher. Players guide a character through hand-drawn levels by rotating the world, which shifts the direction of gravity so that ceilings can become floors. Each level is a self-con
70 rating8 lists3.5 h main story
Xbox console exclusive
Alientrap · Linux, Windows, Xbox 360 +1
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-
67 rating4 lists4 h main story
King Art Games · Linux, Switch, PS3 +7
Every world needs its heroes. However unlikely they may seem. Join Wilbur, Ivo, Nate and Critter in another classic point-and-click adventure in the wicked world of Aventásia. Help them fulfill their destiny. A destiny as yet unwritten.
81 rating8 lists20 h main storyOften paired
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Pixel Soft · Android, Switch, PS4 +3
Kero Blaster is a platform video game created by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya. It was released in 2014 for PC and iOS and is the first major project of Pixel since Cave Story in 2004. The game lays a heavy emphasis on shooting and got positive rev
75 rating2 lists3 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Tribute Games · Linux, Ouya, PS4 +4
In this frantic 2D action game, you are part of the Mercenary Kings, the most skilled team of warriors-for-hire on Earth, but when your comrades have fallen and the fearsome forces of CLAW have seized an island-wide top secret Laboratory Ba
72 rating5 lists20 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Messhof · PS4, Windows, macOS
Flywrench is a frenetic action game from the makers of Nidhogg about piloting an aerobatic ship through the depths of space.
80 rating1 list2.5 h main story
Game Freak · Switch, PS4, Windows +1
"Giga Wrecker is a 2D puzzle-platform action game developed and published by Game Freak. You play as a cyborg girl, who has the power of reconstructing debris and scraps into various weapons, and explore a world invaded by an army of myster
80 rating3 lists11 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Over the Top Games · Linux, Wii, Windows +2
Fly with Nyx in her dangerous search for her dearest friend Icarus. With NYXQUEST: KINDRED SPIRITS you will discover a new type of game play and mechanics that will surprise you... The action takes place in ancient Greece, a place inhabite
80 rating3 lists3 h main story
Android, Linux, Switch +5
Circa Infinity is an arcade puzzle platformer filled with action. Reach the core of each level by slipping through a series of circular layers. Time your jumps carefully to avoid the creatures that reside within the circles and reach the ne
82 rating1 list5 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Moon Studios · Switch, Windows, Xbox One
The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, an unlikely hero must journey to find his courage and confront a dark nemesis to save his home. Ori and the Blind Forest tells the tale of a
87 rating7 lists8 h main story
Might and Delight · PS3, PlayStation Portable, Windows +2
Pid was developed by Might and Delight for PC, Mac, X-Box, and PlayStation and released in 2012. It is a story-driven platformer that includes a variety of puzzles. It was praised for the artwork, presentation, and soundtrack; and received
61 rating3 lists9.5 h main story
Xbox console exclusive
Haruneko Entertainment · Windows, Xbox 360, iOS
You are Akane, a Kunoichi ninja secretely loving her master Goro, a noble samurai. One day Goro is kidnapped by the evil Hiromi - you have to rescue him, but it won't be an easy task!
50 rating1 list2 h main story
Krome Studios · PS3, Windows, Xbox 360
In Blade Kitten, join Kit Ballard as she explores the mysterious world of Hollow Wish to hunt down rogue mechs and soft targets.
60 rating5 lists6 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams and she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero! Help her take down the Greatest Heroes of All Time in an action-packed bid to claim the title for herself and show the world what a true hero
73 rating3 lists1.5 h main story
Geeta Games · Windows, macOS
What Lilly sees is about to change her life forever.... Help our heroine through a variety of enchanting environments brimming with magic and wonder, as she seeks to rewrite the past, change the present, and unlock the ultimate mystery. Gee
60 rating1 list2 h main story
BeautiFun Games · Android, Linux, Switch +6
Nihilumbra is played as a standard platform game, by controlling Born as he walks and jumps across the game's levels. There are multiple enemies that the player needs to avoid since, at first, there is no way to defeat them. The game is div
75 rating5 lists5 h main story
Linux, Switch, Windows +2
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
67 rating1 list6.5 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Renegade Kid · Nintendo 3DS, Switch, PS4 +3
Xeodrifter is an action-packed exploration game with a retro graphical style. Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary supreme culture in this excitin
74 rating6 lists1 h main story
Four Circle Interactive · Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +4
10 SECOND NINJA X is a blisteringly fast, satisfyingly difficult and surprisingly methodical sidescroller which tasks you with completing each level in ten seconds or less. No lengthy checkpoint gaps. No cluttered control scheme. No hand ho
71 rating6 lists2 h main story
Bonus Level Entertainment · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
"Fox n Forests is a 2D 16-Bit style action platformer with adventure and puzzle elements, empowering you to switch seasons on the fly! Set within a mystic forest and its surroundings, Fox n Forests is a stunning fable offering pixel perfec
71 rating1 list7 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Ivy Games · Linux, PS4, Windows +1
Gravity Ghost is a peaceful gravity hopper: Run, jump, and orbit your way through a handpainted galaxy. Join Iona the ghost as she searches for her lost best friend, the ghost fox. Explore a shattered galaxy and rescue its survivors, armed
72 rating1 list3 h main story
Android, Linux, PS3 +6
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is an atmospheric puzzle platformer and the first game to be developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people, drawn from a traditional story that has been shared across the generations. N
71 rating1 list3 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Alientrap · Linux, PS4, Windows +1
Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.
78 rating4 lists8 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Witness the rebirth of a genre in Lumo – a classic isometric adventure with a modern twist for gamers young and old alike!
68 rating6 lists5 h main story
Xbox console exclusive
The Odd Gentlemen · Windows, Xbox 360
Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Includes Steam Achievements, Cloud, and Leaderboards!
76 rating3 lists3.5 h main story
Krome Studios · Windows
The hero loved by millions worldwide, TY the Tasmanian Tiger, is back! Join TY on an exciting new adventure in the great Aussie Outback. Use your wits and boomerangs to find hidden treasures, help the colorful locals, and uncover the myster
80 rating1 list3.5 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Yacht Club Games · Android, Linux, Nintendo 3DS +8
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old! You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest
87 rating1 list2.5 h main story
Christian Whitehead · Android, Switch, PS4 +2
Sonic Mania is a side-scrolling platformer that pays homage to the original Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog games. Players choose from Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles, each with unique abilities, and speed through 13 zones that include redesigned
84 rating8 lists5.5 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusiveOver The Moon · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
The Fall is a side-scrolling adventure game with platforming and combat elements. Your character is an AI controlling a combat suit whose occupant is unresponsive and presumably dead or seriously injured. You have crash landed on an unknown
78 rating5 lists
Tiger Style · Android, Linux, Windows +2
Waking Mars is a one-of-a-kind adventure in which you jetpack through subterranean Mars encountering a host of extraordinary alien lifeforms that operate as a living, breathing ecosystem. Learn and master the behaviors of these creatures to
79 rating2 lists6.5 h main story
Night Light Interactive · Android, Linux, Switch +8
Young Elena Elkhorn embarks on a harrowing journey to find her missing father and discover the secrets of the Willows Mansion. Aiding her journey is a unique amulet, she received from her father, which allows her to astral project her spiri
71 rating9 lists2.5 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Haruneko Entertainment · Switch, PS4, Windows +2
You are Sarah, princess of the peaceful realm of Kaleiya. The quiet life of your kingdom was lost the day your father was seduced and then kidnapped by Lilith, a demon mistress. Travel through ice castles, cold dungeons, lava caves and much
55 rating1 list3 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Thomas Happ Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +5
After a lab accident, a scientist awakens in a mysterious, alien world. Is this a distant planet? The far future? Or a complex virtual-reality computer simulation? Plumb the recesses of a large, labyrinthine world in order to learn its sec
80 rating9 lists11 h main story
Dreadlocks Ltd · Linux, Switch, Ouya +5
Discover the truth behind an enigmatic AI striving to reach the Singularity, a theoretical “event horizon” in which artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence and all bets about the future will be off. How will you play your pa
74 rating5 lists8 h main story