Snowball's Chance
idylex
Snowball's Chance is a short platformer starring a snowball. In it, your goal is to get the snowball to the end of each of the 18 levels, separated into three different types of settings. As you play, you'll want to avoid all the obstacles you find along the way, since the slightest mistake can spell the end for Snowball. Visually speaking, Snowball's Chance is not that great. Although it's colorful, the general design of the characters and scenarios leaves a lot to be desired. Luckily, the most important part of a game is its gameplay, not its appearance. Snowball's Chance is an entertaining platform game, and although it's very short, it's also completely free. Can't hurt anything to give it a shot.
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8bit Adventures with Link
TimberwolfGames
8bit Adventures with Link is a 2D action platformer starring Link from The Legend of Zelda. These new adventures will take him into the depths of a cave full of traps. You'll begin the game with Link's legendary sword and two other iconic objects from the Nintendo version: the bombs and the boomerang. The sword will help you kill the bad guys, the bombs will blow up obstacles, and the boomerang will activate buttons. With these three tools, you'll have everything you need to get through all the levels. But you'll also need ingenuity and skill in order to get to the end. As you could guess from the name, 8bit Adventures with Link uses 8 bits graphics, meaning they are quite simple. However, they have their own unique charm. 8bit Adventures with Link is a very fun action and platform game that fans of the Zelda saga in particular will love.
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Alter Ego
plogue
Alter Ego is a very special two-dimensional platform game in which you control not only the game's protagonist, but also his shadow. That means that you have to be doubly careful, since both avatars can suffer damages. Gameplay is pretty simple, except for the part where you have to control two characters at the same time. You need to pick up all of the floating pixels on each level, avoiding the enemies that will try to finish you off while you do so. The main difficulty comes when you realize that the majority of the pixels you need to collect can only be acquired by one of your hero's two parts: his real self. And, each level only allows you to change between the two parts a limited number of times. Visually, Alter Ego is a very pretty game that uses a simple pixelated design with colorful levels and characters. It may remind you of neon lights in a dark night, and this gives the game some spectacular moments. Alter Ego is a fun platform game that serves up an interesting twist on normal gameplay. It's a great game that, although it's a little short, is sure to please fans of the genre.
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Ninja Senki
Tribute Games
Ninja Senki is a platform game in which the player controls Hayato, a ninja looking for revenge, who will move heaven and earth to find it. Along the way, of course, he will have to face a number of challenges that will test his ninja skills. These skills include those which you would expect from any two-dimensional platform game: lots of jumps and attacks with shurikens, which will be your protagonist's main weapon. With these two tools (jumps and ninja stars) you will have to try to pass the different levels of the Senki world. Even though you will use the same weapon during the whole adventure, what will change are the enemies, which you will encounter a wide variety of. Flying ghosts, normal ninjas, ninjas who throw stars, winged demons, angry monkeys, samurais, and even dragons; all of these will be fighting against you. When talking about the visuals, Ninja Senki is a game that could have come from Super Nintendo, which just gives it an extra dose of charisma and which fans of all things retro will particularly like. Ninja Senki is a very fun, extremely difficult platform game. It doesn't quite reach the same level as other legendary games like 'I Wanna be the Guy' or 'Super Meat Boy,' but nevertheless it will test the reflexes and the patience of all those brave enough to accept the challenge.
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Under the Garden
Artech Studios
Under the Garden is a survival game where you play a pixelated character whose sole aim is to survive the winter in the middle of the forest. The only help you'll have in doing so are your own skills and ingenuity. At the beginning of the game you'll have a a destroyed hut and an axe. As you get through more days alive, it'll be possible to get more and more things. At first you'll be able to rebuild your cabin ... later you'll get firewood to start a fire and warm yourself ... you'll also be able to hunt to eat, etc. In this way, as you get new tools (axe, pick axe, shotgun) the game gets transformed into a sort of 2D Minecraft centered on the game's survival aspect, where you'll constantly have to monitor your strength bar, since your hero will die if it runs out. One of Under the Garden's most captivating aspects, besides its wonderful gameplay, are the graphics, similar to Sword and Sworcery and other indie titles of this style. Under the Garden is a game that combines platforms, adventure, some action, and, above all, survival to provide players with a very entertaining experience that will put your ability and ingenuity to the test, if you want to survive.
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You Have to Win the Game
J. Kyle Pittman
You Have to Win the Game is a platform game with a marked retro aesthetic that'll take you right back to the eighties to enjoy a platform adventure like those of yesteryear, with matching graphics and everything. The game, which usually lasts no more than an hour if you're moderately adept with the platforms, will take you through loads of danger-filled scenes where you have to dodge enemies and traps in equal measure while trying to make it to the adventure's end. The point of the game, as its name indicates, is to win. And while you're not looking at one of the most difficult platformers to be found on the indie scene, it does involve a considerable challenge. One of the most appealing things about You Have to Win the Game is obviously its graphics, which emulate the old-school titles down to including an antique monitor frame. This detail will certainly bring on the nostalgia for more than one veteran gamer. You Have to Win the Game is a splendid platform game, and even without offering anything particularly novel it still offers an excellent experience for anyone looking for a good platformer to test their skills.
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Celestial Mechanica
Roger Hicks and Paul Veer
Celestial Mechanica tells the story of a race of mysterious beings who, one day, when humans had taken Earth to the edge of destruction, appeared out of nowhere to give the inhabitants a second chance. One hundred years after this event, one of the beings is unjustly banished to Earth. He doesn't hesitate in doing everything possible to get back to the floating structure that's home to the other members of his race, in order to teach the others that they made a mistake in casting him out. Starting with this backdrop, Celestial Mechanica mixes puzzles, platforms, and adventure with a development that's similar to the Metroid saga games. The main character is a small, friendly robot who has to move carefully around a 2D world full of traps. In this way, your hero will have to face various puzzles if he wants to get back to where he belongs. That said, the vast majority of the puzzles can only be solved once you've developed a specific skill, which you'll discover progressively. Celestial Mechanica is a joint effort of the talents of Roger Hicks (rComplex) and Paul Veer (Super Crate Box). With this collaboration, they've managed to create an engaging adventure with some clever puzzles and a unique personality.
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Hydra Castle Labyrinth
N/A
Hydra Castle Labyrinth is a platform game with some old school action. It's also reminiscent of games of the 16 bit era. The game starts with your character already inside the castle, without any type of introduction or tutorial. Instead, you simply start playing, and decide which direction to go, left or right. In the beginning your character doesn't have any special item, only the sword. As you advance you find new items that help you on your mission. You'll really need them, since some levels in Hydra Castle Labyrinth are particularly hard. Besides normal enemies that you find throughout the game, which are killed with one hit, in Hydra Castle Labyrinth you also find a boss here and there. Following the old school tradition, they represent a real challenge sometimes. Hydra Castle Labyrinth is a pretty fun platform game. What it lacks in storyline it has in nice characters, and it features a gameplay that despite the years, still works very well.
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Moustache King Adventure
Hempuli
Moustache King Adventure is a platform adventure game led by a handsome young man with a big mustache who will have to confront a ton of different challenges to improve his mustache. All of this is done in order to become the Mustache Kind in Big Mustache City. The game mechanics recall those of the 16-bit classics like Castlevania and Super Metroid. You'll have to run through different scenes in two dimensions as you advance with your hero and face dangers in the form of enemies and traps. Of course, as you advance, you'll be able to improve your mustache. The basic game controls let you jump and land punches, which are your main actions. But you can also interact with different characters in the city, such as the merchants and the barbers, who will be the ones to touch up your mustache. Moustache King Adventure is a fun action and adventure platform game with an interesting storyline. The reason being that you can try and confront the Mustache King from the beginning, even if your chances of vanquishing him are very slim at the start.
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Sir Fred El Remake
Daniel Celemín García (LordFred)
Sir Fred the Remake is a platform game in two dimensions in which you have to control the orementioned Fred, who has embarked on a mission to rescue his beloved Beni-Gomez. The original game is one of the best examples of the golden age of Spanish software, and this version is available to download for free. It is a remake that has preserved all of the original gameplay elements, while changing the graphics. Throughout your adventure, Fred will have to go through several screens in which he will have to jump, run, dive, throw rocks, and be in direct combat with various enemies. The best thing about Sir Fred the Remake, is that the game is totally random, so you will never play the same game twice and you can complete it in several different ways. Sir Fred the Remake is an great revision of an excellent game. One of the most treasured jewels from the golden age of Spanish software, and you can conveniently enjoy it for free on your computer.
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BatMan
Tomaz Kac
BatMan is a remake of the game that was released for ZX Spectrum many years ago. This time around, both the visuals and the playable elements have received a noticeable facelift. In the game, you'll have to go through several levels with an isometric view, trying to solve a series of puzzles which will lead you to find the seven missing parts of the BatCraft, that great crime-fighting machine. To find all the pieces, you'll have to help Batman pass all the levels in the Batcave, the mansion, and some other surprise location. All of them will, of course, be full of dangers and all sorts of different enemies who won't make it easy for you. In regards to its graphics, BatMan is still far from being a wonder, but the pixelated style is actually quite charming; in any case, it’s still way better than the graphics it boasted in its original release. BatMan was one of the most fun puzzle and platform games in the ZX Spectrum era, and in spite of the many years that have gone by, it’s still a great game, made even better with its latest facelift.
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RunMan
Tom Sennett Games
RunMan: Race Around the World is a 2D platform game with a simple looking design. Don't be fooled, though, because beyond its fun, colorful graphics, there is a fast-paced and complicated gameplay that will challenge you to keep improving. In this game, you'll play as RunMan, a little star with eyes and a mouth, who loves nothing more than to run. To play, you'll have to help him run through more than 30 levels, trying to reach his goal in the shortest time possible. Despite being a platform game, the most important part of RunMan: Race Around the World is speed. The goal is not just to get through the levels, but to do it as fast as you can. To do so, you'll have to jump, bounce off walls, run over enemies, and more. As you complete levels and earn awards, you can unlock new characters. In fact, RunMan himself is an unlockable character from the legendary platform game, Super Meat Boy. RunMan: Race Around the World is an excellent platform game that has a simple gameplay that is easy to learn but extremely difficult to master.
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Sienna
N/A
Sienna is a platform game with a single button. In it, you try to reach the end of each level by avoiding the obstacles that get in your way - and there will be plenty. The gameplay is very similar to that of an endless runner in that the cat never stops moving. It's your job to time the jumps so he doesn't die. Unlike an endless runner, though, each level in Sienna has an end, and if you do well, it won't be out of your reach. The only 'problem' is that although the game has nine levels that can theoretically be finished in a matter of minutes (if not seconds), the levels are very complicated, so it might take you a while to get through them. Typically this means jumping at exactly the right moment, because if you hit an obstacle, you'll return to the last checkpoint you reached. Sienna is a very challenging platform game. Although it can be extremely hard, you'll feel incredibly satisfied whenever you complete a level.
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Mr. Rescue
Tangram Games
Mr. Rescue is a platform game where you control a fireman whose objective is to run into burning buildings in order to put out fires and rescue as many of the people trapped inside as possible. The game has simple controls: use the arrow keys to move from one side to the other, and three action buttons to jump, shoot water from your water gun, and pick people up to rescue them. The rescuing itself is pretty funny, since to do it successfully, you have to grab children and throw them out a window - we assume the idea is that there is a trampoline waiting for them below. As you climb the building, you'll run into more difficult challenges, including some enemies in the form of flames. At first, they'll just move from side to side, but soon you'll be facing flames that jump around, trying to make your life difficult. Mr. Rescue is a fun platform game with a charming style and simple gameplay that will get just about anyone hooked immediately. And, you'll have access to a scoreboard to keep track of your best efforts.
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Momodora 2
rdein
Momodora 2 is an adventure and platform game with a style that is very similar to the classic Cave Story, in which players control Momo, a little girl who heads inside of a mysterious, danger-filled temple. However, it won't take you long to discover that your young character is a priestess whose mission is to head into the depths of the temple to put an end to the Queen of the Underworld, who is waking up and threatens to be a problem for mankind. In order to defend yourself from the traps and enemies that inhabit the temple, you have different weapons at your disposal. On the one hand, you have a leaf from a tree that you can use as a weapon at short distances, and on the other hand you have a few sacred symbols that you can launch at your enemies. Just like in Cave Story, Metroid Prima or Castelvania for Gameboy Advance, the game does not develop linearly. You can explore the temple as the fancy strikes you and, in fact, you will have to advance and retreat a number of times in order to continue with the adventure. Momodora 2 is an excellent game that mixes exploration, platform and action elements and achieves fantastic results. The only drawback is that, even though you can save the game, the game is pretty short.
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Momodora 1
rdein
Momodora is an adventure and platform game where you have to venture inside a mysterious temple, controlling young Isadora. Her goal is to recover a legendary artifact capable of bringing her mother back to life. In order to get to the end of the temple and find the artifact (and, perhaps, another surprise or two) your character will have to pass tons of scenes that are full of all types of dangers: jumps, traps, enemies... luckily, she has a number of weapons that she can use during her adventure. The game will constantly remind you of the classic free game Cave Story, which is of the same genre. This is true not just in terms of the graphics (although they are so similar they could be siblings) but also in terms of the gameplay, because even though this game has less exploration and fewer adventures than Cave Story, the combat and the platforms are almost identical. Momodora is a very fun adventure and platform game, which you have to play if you want to understand the story of Momodoro 2, which offers a similar but much more extensive story.
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Ivan Fuckoff
N/A
Ivan Fuckoff is an action-platform game starring a quirky character who, upon realizing that the world is going to hell because of an alien attack, decides to go out into the streets and fight. Despite being a 2D platformer with a touch of action in the style of Commander Keen and Duke Nukem 1 and 2, Ivan Fuckoff also has certain roguelike elements. The levels, for example, are generated randomly each time you begin a game, so you'll never play two identical games. During your adventure, Ivan Fuckoff (also the name of the protagonist) can use some dozen different weapons and wear almost twenty hats, and you can also modify his features – all with the aim of defeating the final six bosses waiting for you in the special levels. The technical level of the game is also noteworthy due to its pixel art–style graphics and excellent chiptune soundtrack, composed by Oskar Handberg. Ivan Fuckoff is a great mixture of action, platformer and roguelike. In addition to having polished and fun gameplay, it offers a hilarious story and some extra non-playable characters that will give you a good laugh or two.
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In Between
Gentlymad
In Between is a 2D platform game where you play a character who, for some reason, is bedridden in a hospital. But while your body is lying in bed, your mind travels to fantasy worlds where you have to solve dozens of puzzles. You have to cross a series of portals in the character's mind. To reach them, you'll have to go through a maze filled with spikes and all kinds of traps, with only a gravity device to help you. With this device, you can change the direction of gravity to help you get through every level. In this game, one of the challenges is that you can't jump, so you'll have to change the direction of gravity in the correct order to move a stone block in front of you, for example. Visually speaking, In Between is a fantastic game. Both the settings and the characters are hand-drawn with a beautiful style, and the special effects when you finish a level or die enhance the atmosphere of the game. In Between is a very interesting 2D platformer whose gameplay and visual style are both very original.
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Cypher
N/A
Cypher is a two dimensional platform game in which players must compete against each other on different screens to try to hack their rival´s terminal. The players will be divided into different teams and must try to work with their teammates to hack the opposition terminals. To do this, you have a number of features which are crucial to the game´s mechanics. To start with, each player has a gun to shoot and wound the other players. Also you get a 'jet pack' to reach the higher parts of the screen. Although the sets arn´t too large, they do contain lots of secrets and hard to reach places. As the game progresses, players can access the in-game store to buy new weapons and other objects to help them in their missions. Cypher is a fun action and platform game, which unfortunately is only available online. The main problem with this is the low number of players that are often accessing the game servers.
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New and Tasty
Just Add Water Development
New and Tasty is a collection of mini-games starring the characters from Super Mario Bros, in which you have to carry out different activities and get the highest score possible. The missions you can do are varied and fun. In one of them, for instance, you have to control Wario and try to make him race right to the border of a cliff, without falling. In a different one, you have to try to jump as many consecutive times as you can on top of the Goombas, which pop out of pipes nonstop. In total the game has 12 trials, although only the first eight are unlocked from the beginning. The other four have to be unlocked by getting a good score in the first ones. New and Tasty is a collection of fun mini-games, ideal to enjoy with friends. As usual, it's not at the level of Wario Ware and similar titles, but it's still fun.
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Return to the Sky
DigiPen
Return to the Sky is a 2D platformer where you play the North Star, who's decided to take a human form (yes, it seems stars can do this) to save herself from certain death. Upon arriving to Earth, however, your North Star realizes she's not safe here, either. A giant purple skull, created by pollution and the evil that consumes the planet, is waiting for the star so it can destroy her, too. So your star begins to run. Return to the Sky might seem like an automatic platformer where you only have to worry about jumping, but it's not. It's actually a traditional platformer where you have to dodge the holes, jump from wall to wall, and even catch a ride on the breeze. Return to the Sky is a fun platformer. Besides having great pixelated graphics and an excellent soundtrack, it also has a simple gameplay that might never go out of style.
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Salvage Youth
Scrap Metal Games
Salvage Youth is a 2D platform game where you control three kids - which you can switch between by pressing a button - who are trying to build a spaceship and leave Earth. Each of the three boys has a unique ability that allows him to perform certain actions that the others cannot. The gameplay is similar to that of Lost Vikings, but instead of Vikings, they're children, and instead of axes, they're using wrenches. As you play, you'll face a number of challenges, mostly divided into puzzles or platforms. The rocket the boys are trying to build is enormous and they're quite small. So, you'll have to climb, repair, jump, and throw objects in order to complete your ticket off the planet. Salvage Youth is a platform game with a touch of puzzles, lovely graphics, and a clever gameplay. Its only drawback, as with most free games, is that it's pretty short.
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Lonely Knight
DigiPen
Lonely Knight is an action platformer where you guide a brave knight armed with a sword and arrows to a strange creature's lair. In fact, this creature is an evil cloud that throws ice shards. On your (brief) adventure, you'll have to deal with four different types of enemies. Though they may seem relatively harmless, you'll need to be careful thanks to the constant spores. The strength of Lonely Knight, which is a very short game, is there is more than one way to beat the second and longest level. That means you can easily play the game more than once. The fight against the final boss, the aforementioned evil ice-flinging cloud, is also pretty interesting. To defeat it, you'll have to use its own attacks against it. Lonely Knight is an entertaining action platformer that could be even better if it had a few more levels.
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Take My Hand
Riverside University Health System-Behavioral Health
Take My Hand is an exclusively cooperative 2D platformer (it supports two Xbox 360 controllers simultaneously) where you have to run at top speed through a series of settings that are crumbling beneath you. The game features lots of elements that enhance the cooperative aspect; for instance, in order to get to certain platforms sometimes one player needs to help the other reach it. Take My Hand is not your average platformer; it has a lot of parkour-style elements that have more in common with Mirror's Edge than Super Mario. For example, you can run on top of billboards, or jump from one wall to the other. All of this, though, as a couple. Visually, Take My Hand is a really special game. Although the character models are not totally spectacular, its visual style is still really colorful and refined. Take My Hand is a unique platformer that everyone should try playing with a friend. One of the best cooperative platformers you can find on PC.
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Demon Drum
DigiPen
Demon Drum is a platform and puzzle game where you control a friendly demon whose mission is to bring lost souls to the other world. To do so, you'll need to use the souls themselves to help you solve different puzzles. Some of the souls, for example, can break parts of a level to create new pathways, while others will help you reach seemingly inaccessible areas by helping you to fly for a few seconds. The key to the game in knowing which souls to use for what purpose, and when. Technically speaking, Demon Drum doesn't have very impressive graphics, but its colorful artwork and charming animated drawings make it much more attractive than the majority of other games released by DigiPen. Demon Drum is an original puzzle and platform game with fun, fast gameplay and delicious visuals.
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Generic Platformer
N/A
Generic Platformer is a platformer that, despite what its name suggests, isn't very generic. In fact, you'll be given a laser gun, which you can use to destroy the levels however you wish. The objective of every level is to get to the flag at the end. But, of course, this won't be easy since your laser gun could destroy it, making it impossible to finish the level. As you play, you'll also have to collect coins and different treasures, which can obviously be destroyed as well. In fact, destroying certain items on the map will sometimes be absolutely necessary to be able to finish the level. In terms of graphics, Generic Platformer is nothing amazing, but it does have some appeal. Plus, seeing the way the laser gun destroys different surfaces is really fun to watch. Generic Platformer is a very fun platformer that (thanks to the laser gun) adds a unique component to the genre's traditional gameplay.
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La Rolloux
Nal Games
La Rolloux is an arcade platformer where you move in a straight line on a track that is full of obstacles that you have to dodge in three different ways: jumping over them, sliding on the ground, or shooting at them. The unique and surprising thing about La Rolloux is the control system. You only have to use the mouse to carry out all the different actions. The character moves in a straight line automatically, and depending on the gesture you make with the mouse, he'll perform one action or another. If you move the mouse upwards he jumps, if you move it downwards he slides on the ground, and if you move it to the right he shoots. This way you can avoid the three types of obstacles that you can find: low fences, high fences, and glass doors. La Rolloux is a fun game that has several elements that make it unique. On one hand, the controls are a novelty, on the other, both the graphics and soundtrack are excellent.
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Platformines
Magiko Gaming
Platformines is a 2D exploration and action platformer where you can create your own characters, customizing every detail of them: hair, nose, body, clothes, etc. Once you create your character, you can start an adventure inside a randomly generated, practically infinite 2D world. Inside you find friendly characters to talk to and trade with, as well as dozens of enemies, traps, money, treasures, and lots of weapons. The main actions you can do in Platformines are jumping and shooting. Normally you aren't doing anything besides that: jumping to avoid all the enemy attacks, and shooting to kill them and get their treasures. You do all this within 2D settings that are generated as you move forward. Platformines is a really fun game that combines the best of different genres, and mixes it with excellent 16-bit graphics. Although the game's story can last for about seven hours, the randomly generated scenarios make it much more than that.
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FlipFlop
FlipFlop Systems
FlipFlop is a first-person platformer where you have to beat a series of levels by changing gravity. As in the popular game Shift, you're completely incapable of jumping; you have to change the direction of gravity instead. This gameplay makes you go from one platform to the next, always avoiding deadly traps. To start you just have to go to simple platforms either above or below your character, but as you advance further in the game you have to calculate the speed at which you run in order to land correctly. Although FlipFlop only has six different levels, their difficulty makes it seem pretty long. If you want to finish the game you really have to master it first. There are platforms that make you bounce, others that make you slide, spikes, and lots of other things awaiting you. FlipFlop is a first-person platformer with really nice graphics. It basically takes the gameplay from Shift and translates it to a 3D world.
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GRIP
Caged Element Inc.
GRIP is a first-person platformer where your goal is to be the first person to go from the building where the game begins to an orange ball that you have to grab from its position hundreds of meters away. GRIP's mechanics make it more interesting than other, similar games because you can grab on to any surface. That is to say, you can jump onto a wall, and instead of hitting it and falling as you would in most platformers, you will stick to the surface. Thanks to the fact that you are able to grab onto the walls, you can try to climb up them in order to access the best platforms to jump from. In fact, sometimes you will have no other choice than to leave the most obvious route and climb up the walls to the side of you in order to reach the best place to jump from. GRIP is a very fun platformer. Thanks to its mechanics that allow you to jump and grab, it provides you with an experience that is very different from those that you have seen in games like Mirror's Edge.
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