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A puppet themed platformer metroidvania with a focus on platforming rather than combat. Throw your crystal scissors into walls to create your own platforms, explore a twisting and mysterious land, and solve puzzles on a worldwide scale.
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A puppet themed platformer metroidvania with a focus on platforming rather than combat. Throw your crystal scissors into walls to create your own platforms, explore a twisting and mysterious land, and solve puzzles on a worldwide scale.
Travel. Go back. Erase your regrets.
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2D-Action-Platformer with terrain transformation. Place tiles to reach new heights, block incoming projectiles, or hide yourself from the enemy. All abilities/weapons acquired are equipped at all times. Stand still and hold fire for a laser beam, move and fire for a bubble, move and hold to roll…
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Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Evolve your body further to survive this vast, yet dense, system of caves. You must use your wits to outsmart predators lurking in the dark and to solve puzzling challenges in order to further advance in this strange world.
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Venture beneath the Ghost Kingdom where you will encounter strange creatures, solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets!
2.5D open world puzzle action adventure game.
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Experience the rush of soaring, dashing and leaping with unmatched agility as you navigate intricate levels and test your skills in a vibrant, treacherous world.
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In a world with a strong ancient and wild atmosphere, you will experience many hardships, compose tragic epics in tense and exciting battles, integrate puzzle-solving elements, and face the dual challenges of strategy and operation!
A dark fantasy precision platformer set in a broken world ravaged by hunger and immortality.
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Discover your destiny in Felampire! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of vampires and humans. Explore twisting caverns, solve devious puzzles and meet your heritage, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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A pure exploration and puzzle adventure on a dangerous alien world. Solve environmental challenges through logic, experimentation, and clever use of versatile tools. Sneak past enemies, plan your moves, and hunt down the 23 sacred talismans to earn your escape—or face eternal captivity.
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