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Typography (Revised Demo)
A polychromatic nightmare
Comrade_Mike
Platformer
Reckpunk
Mouse-controlled platformer
dlan
Platformer
Flying Burrito - A Flappy Game
Flying Burrito - A Flappy Game
8bit_Orchestra
Action
Super Hipster Lumberjack
$0.50
Super Hipster Lumberjack is a love letter to very difficult flash platformers.
Noah Lewin
Platformer
Slimebow
Frantic colour-based endless rhythm runner.
Pandara's Box
Action
Play in browser
Cimmerian Shade: Edge of the World
Defeat the Darkness
Aquarian Design
Platformer
Quicksilver
Infinite running game based around lightning-fast reaction.
Kevin Higgins
Platformer
CastleMania
​A NES flavored tribute to Castlevania.
Zombiesaurus Games
Platformer
Play in browser
Red Goblin: Cursed Forest
$4.99
Retro pixel metroidvania. Enter the unforgiving world where dreams and nightmares are born!
HenryWonderwall
Platformer
Sir! I'd Like To Report A Bug!
Save the world and bust some bugs!
Lord Puggington Games
Platformer
The Killer Queen
Super-hard, fast-paced, bullet-hell shooter.
abbreviatedidentity
Action
Calx
We all <3 Calx!
Jireugi
Puzzle
Play in browser
Belfast GameCraft 2014 - Postcards From the Future
BelfastGameCraft2014. Theme: Postcards From the Future Created by our own @Redmagpie93 (Twitter)
Pandara's Box
Puzzle
Play in browser
WizardWizard
You're a Wizard, you can't do magic but you can jump pretty good!
Crateboy
Platformer
Puzzle Go Mine
A simple puzzle game
joshdbb
Puzzle
Play in browser
Octropolis
Fast-paced arcade maze game - clear out a huge maze of eggs while escaping pursuit
rodneylives
Action
Colorful
Minimalistic 2D shooter
suve
Action
December Overthrow
Dodge elfs with jetpacks, exploding packages and even a laser-beam-shooting Rudolph with your rogue sled.
lllrask
Action
Kyro
$2
Use teleportation to solve puzzles and traverse over 20 levels!
SolarLune
Puzzle
GIF
Space Dumper 2000
Hardcore shmup with procedurally generated levels.
Jank Hambrams
Shooter
Fate Of A Ninja:Apocalypse
Can you find your purpose in life when all is lost?
winsquare2
Platformer
SuperSnake 97'
Classy remake of the classic hit Snake Game
FireCamp
Action
Hyperdrive
An addictive arcade game set in space that will have you gripping the edge of your seat
explosiveninja
Action
Trayl
Shoot 'em up without shooting
kcaze
Action
Hard Rain
$7.99
Strategy / puzzler inside an overflowing neon pachinko machine sim.
fuguelike
Strategy
Engine
Very challenging platformer. Can you make it through the engine?
aroscillo
Platformer
Portal Service
2D Retro Arcade
2Brosoft
Action
Doug Jumpy
Doug Jumpy is a game that you need jump to the left or to the right. However, the game speed increases every second!
jumpixgame
Platformer
GIF
A Knife Made Of Whispers
what story does it tell
Daniel LinssenVerified Account
Platformer
Stophat
An unconventional top-down.
Problematicar
Tubulance
fast challenging dodgemup
merteor
Action
GIF
It's Hard To Be A Cube (IHTBAC)
A ROM-hack-inspired speedrun-platformer starring a gutsy cube.
Two PM
Platformer
Gongbat
The power of sound drives this explosive shooter!
Moonvalk
Shooter
W A S D to Move
Game where controls change each level
goobi
Platformer
A Spiritual Successor
A spiritual successor to Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts for the Super Nintendo.
AdjectiveNoun
Platformer
BULLIED
It's like PONG except you are the ball.
Dachshund ♥ Techno
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