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From the folks behind the BIT.TRIP series comes the frantic insanity that is Woah Dave! Help our hero, Dave Lonuts, survive an insane alien invasion and line his pockets with shiny pennies. Hurl alien eggs, skull bombs, and explosive WOAH

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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

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The Steam version and the Japanese only PlayStation Network port of the game includes the Nintendo 3DS DLC levels. "Get ready for a blast from the 8-bit past with the all-new 2D action/platforming game, MIGHTY GUNVOLT! A loving nod to the

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PlatformerIndieMultiple protagonistsDeliberately retroAction

The Steam version and the Japanese only PlayStation Network port of the game includes the Nintendo 3DS DLC levels. "Get ready for a blast from the 8-bit past with the all-new 2D action/platforming game, MIGHTY GUNVOLT! A loving nod to the

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ArcadeIndiePlatformerDeliberately retroAction

From the folks behind the BIT.TRIP series comes the frantic insanity that is Woah Dave! Help our hero, Dave Lonuts, survive an insane alien invasion and line his pockets with shiny pennies. Hurl alien eggs, skull bombs, and explosive WOAH

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PlatformerPixel artDeliberately retroActionAdventure

Rise On! After 20 years, the legendary lost project “Dark Void” is back! To commemorate the game’s humble origins, Capcom has commissioned the recreation of the original 8-bit classic, now re-titled “Dark Void Zero”. In this critically acc

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Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixe

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Bit.Trip Runner is the fastest, most exhilarating music/ rhythm-platformer to hit Steam! Race across the Moon, kicking down crystal walls and sliding under chomping moon-slugs! Bound through the Robotic Mines and face off against the MinerM

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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

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IndiePlatformerPuzzleActionSimulation

Q.U.B.E. is a first person puzzle solving game set in a structure made from white cubes. Coloured cubes in the environment can be manipulated by the player using a pair of technologically enhanced gloves. Using these coloured cubes as tools

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ArcadeIndiePlatformerPuzzleAdventure

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

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Return of the wurm! The next installment of the epic award-winning dueling tug-of-war is coming! Destroy your opponents with all new moves and weapons across ten different arenas.

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PlatformerPuzzleArcadeActionBird view / Isometric

The game features Q*bert, but introduces new enemies: Meltniks, Soobops, and Rat-A-Tat-Tat. The player navigates the protagonist around a plane of cubes while avoiding enemies. Jumping on a cube causes it to rotate, changing the color of th

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PlatformerMultiple protagonistsPixel artDeliberately retroAction

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

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There are four modes of gameplay in Atomic Punk, including two single player modes and two multiplayer game modes. Solo: "Game A" (known as "Bomber Boy" in the Japanese version) is similar to other games in the series, with a few differen

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IndiePixel artActionBird view / IsometricRole-playing

The Shield Maiden, as with all mortal Norsemen, was to have her fate determined by the three fate- weaving Norns and their sacred loom before she even entered the world. However, her destiny was shattered when the mischievous god Loki inter

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This game is based on the coin op of the early 80's. You play a orange ball with 3 appendages: 2 legs and a snout. Q*bert is very good at hopping and does so on a isometric grid in the shape of a pyramid. Q*Bert 3 takes this simple premise

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HexagonActionThird personAdventureFighting

Join an epic contest between darkness and light. Wrath Unleashed puts you in a fantastic, deadly world of mythological creatures and giant floating arenas. Take part in intense fighting action, thought-provoking strategy and vicious head-to

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As the mighty and benevolent empire of Antara fractures under the weight of corruption and war, four unlikely heroes find themselves faced with an insidious mystery involving the most powerful figures in the empire.

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IndieMultiple protagonistsPixel artDeliberately retroAction

Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies

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PlatformerCollectiblesActionSide view

Globdule, the first ever Splatform game brings an entirely new type of game to the Amiga. Globdule wants to become the latest toy around and has to make his way through a world of caves, evil nasties and cunning traps using his phenomenal s

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PlatformerPixel artActionAdventureSide view

Jumpman is a platform game written by Randy Glover and released by Epyx in 1983. Originally developed for the Atari 8-bit family, versions were also released for the Commodore 64, Apple II, IBM PC, and ColecoVision.

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ActionArcadePuzzlePixel artSide view

Tomb of the Mask is an arcade game, which takes place in an infinite procedurally generated vertical labyrinth. Seeking for adventure you get into a tomb, where you find a strange mask. You wear it and suddenly realize that you can now clim

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IndiePixel artCountdown timerDeliberately retroCollectibles

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (aka Cataclysm DDA or CataDDA) is an open source survival horror roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic and fictional New England. Unlike most roguelikes, it has no goal: the player is free to explore the procedural

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Pixel artDeliberately retroActionBird view / IsometricRole-playing

Join Ogden and the heroes of Westeria in this classic JRPG epic, Dragon Fantasy Book II.

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ActionPlatformerPixel artCollectiblesClimbing

Your objective is to help Eddie capture as many floating prizes as he can jump up and grab. You must keep Eddie hopping over the pesky little Sneakers while guiding him up, down and around the screen.

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IndieDeliberately retroActionAdventureBeat 'em up

Fist of Awesome asks the eternal question "What would happen if bears took over the world?" and answers it with the epic tale of a lumberjack travelling through time punching bears in the face to save humanity. If you like bear puns then y

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PuzzleHexagonRhythmAbstractHigh score

The first music-driven puzzle game for the Nintendo DS, Honeycomb Beat features intuitive touch screen gameplay and more than 200 unique puzzles to energize your mind. Solve each puzzle by touching on a Honeycomb tile, which will change the

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ArcadePlatformerCountdown timerActionThird person

The game play consists of moving robot1984 over all of the red tiles while avoiding objects flying at you from the back of the screen. Eliminating the red tiles diminishes the shield at the back of the playfield which prevents you from flyi

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Take on lightning-fast challenges based on some of the most popular games of all time in the new NES Remix game. Whether you grew up with games like The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros., or you're playing them for the first time, this

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ActionArcadePlatformerPuzzleMultiple protagonists

Take on lightning-fast challenges based on some of the most popular games of all time in the new NES Remix game. Whether you grew up with games like The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros., or you're playing them for the first time, this

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PuzzlePixel artCountdown timerTime limitAnthropomorphism

Pieces is a new take on Jigsaw puzzles by mixing it with Tetris. Players take pieces of a jigsaw and fit them into the proper outlines on the puzzle to form a picture. Players can compete in the Jigsaw Mode which allows up to five friends t

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Pitfall 3D is a 3D platformer in which players guide Pitfall Harry Jr. (the original Pitfall! hero's son, voiced by B-movie king Bruce Campbell) through a wide variety of settings, ranging from the South American jungle to the ruins of the

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Twenty-two years after making his groundbreaking debut on the Atari 2600, Activision's Pitfall Harry returns for more jungle-exploring action. The intrepid adventurer is brought to life for more than 50 perilous levels set in such exotic So

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Franchise rebootPredecessor includedActionBird view / IsometricAdventure

Completely unlike the classic Bard's Tale games, this game is in a 3D environment with the player watching his only controllable character from an overhead vantage point, and it is better described as an action-adventure game than a traditi

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IndiePuzzlePixel artDeliberately retroAdventure

"The Crimson Diamond is a text-parser EGA mystery adventure game by indie game developer Julia Minamata. The Crimson Diamond is inspired by classic adventure games of the late 80s and early 90s, particularly Sierra On-line's The Colonel's

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PuzzleCountdown timerDeliberately retroActionGravity

HD remake of the Boulder Dash series featuring hundreds of new maps and new types of game modes.

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ActionPuzzleCountdown timerDeliberately retroGravity

HD remake of the Boulder Dash series featuring hundreds of new maps and new types of game modes.

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ArcadePlatformerActionFantasySide view

This time around Cuthbert has to save some poor souls from the depths of a mine in this "Frogger"-like arcade game.

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Pixel artCountdown timerThird personRacingTime limit

A driving game similar to OutRun except players control a Jaguar instead of a Ferrari.

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IndiePixel artActionBird view / IsometricAdventure

Eastward is a beautifully detailed and charming adventure RPG, from Shanghai-based indie developers, Pixpil and published by Chucklefish. Escape the tyrannical clutches of a subterranean society and join Eastward’s unlikely duo on an excit

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IndiePlatformerPuzzleDeliberately retroCollectibles

In Edge players take direct control of the cube and roll their way around the game's dozens of levels. Search for all the prisms and find the shortcuts to improve your times.

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ActionPlatformerPuzzleMultiple protagonistsCountdown timer

Retro platformer where the player can switch between four different forms. Each form has special abilities, some of which the player needs in order to pass certain obstacles. Every form isn't available in all of the levels.

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GunForce: Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island or simply titled as GunForce, is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Irem for the arcades in 1991. The game was later ported by Bits Studios and published by Irem to the Super Famic

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ArcadeDeliberately retroRole-playingSimulationStrategy

One day while returning home from a job in the Royal City, a gifted engineer by the name of Luke comes across a young woman being attacked in the cave near his village. After fending off her attackers, he attempts to pull her from a heap of

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Jump! is an Xbox Live Indie platformer, developed by Arkedo Studios, in which the player must collect bombs before they explode.

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A sequel to the original Jumpman, Jumpman Junior is a platform game where players collect bombs in a dozen different levels, each with a unique play mechanic.

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PlatformerPixel artActionTeleportationSide view

Magic Pockets is a platform game developed by the Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade in October 1991. It was released for the Atari ST, Amiga, Acorn Archimedes and PC. The title track of the game is the instrumental version of a hit

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