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AGGELOS
Aggelos demo
STORYBIRD
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Role Playing
One Fine Day
One Fine Day is a hardcore platformer with some puzzle elements.
Wolod
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
PERISHER
climb a mountain and push some blocks
Daniel LinssenVerified Account
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(64 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
WizardWizard
You're a Wizard, you can't do magic but you can jump pretty good!
Crateboy
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Platformer
The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight [Early Access]
$12
BURST THE LIMIT!!! THERE IS TRUE JOY IN LANCING!!!!
DANGER HEART ENTERTAINMENTVerified Account
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Platformer
Dethrone
A minimilistic, hardcore platformer with lots of DEATH.
CasePortman
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
A Hole New World
$9.99
Fight the hordes of Shadows that come out from the Underworld through thousand of holes
MadGearGames
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Platformer
Spike Hike
A super challenging hike up a spike ridden tower!
CasePortman
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Love Defender
Vertical Shmup/Platformer, it's too hardcore
iololoi
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
In Dreams of Addict Remastered
A crazy adventure happening in your own mind...
BIGLEAF
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
X-11 "Gust Gunner" (Ludum Dare 32)
Grab your leaf blower and defeat nature!
CowboyColor
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Ninja Twins
Ninja Twins - An original mind-blowing puzzles
Kronbits
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Puzzle
GIF
SPECTRALIZER
TRY NOT TO DIE.
odditica
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Survival
Raven Company
Procedural third-person squad-based RPG
frost914
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
GIF
Trial And Terror
$1
Hardcore Minimalist Retro Puzzle Game
stargazerstudio
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Pretty Princess' Castle Escape
A short & hardcore Game Boy platformer
sergeeo
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Platformer
Return of the Skeletal
Survive the invasion of the Skeletal and defeat King Skeletal by building a strong settlement
That Fish
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Strategy
Dungeon of Doom
Classic Arcade Dungeon Crawler
ROM16
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
That Dam Level
The nightmare is back from the sewers!
noiarc
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Porter
Simple Action Game
kass_stwa
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Platformer
Eddie Hill -in- The Curse Of The Skull Medallion
Eddie is making his way up in the world. One fatal fall at a time.
Game in a Frame
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Platformer
No Reservations
High-octane fast-paced top down shooter plus "dating" "sim". Take your girl out for pizza.
ivysly
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Gravity Wars
$2.99
Gravity Wars is an hardcore 90s Arcade local multiplayer game were you have to avoid waves of geometry entities.
Black Potion
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Yury
$1.99
Cubic Pie
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Feeling Explosive
One of those platformers.
odditica
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Badge Blaster 2112
Pyweek 31. Drive and Shoot'em Cops Up.
entikan
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
FoxyLand 2
$5.99
Big adventure!
BUG-Studio
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
X-Drums
helloxdrums
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Telebbit
Ultimate Weapon Rabbit's Teleporting Action
ikinagames
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Harkanoid
Harkanoid - An Arkanoid Clone Made Difficult! Your goal is challenging levels that tests your patience!
ScriptanGames
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Graveye
Snake-like game. Collect coins and improve your records
neironari
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Jumper Jape
Jumper Jape is a skill-based hardcore platformer game
Team Jape
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0 total ratings)
Platformer
Firelit
Elphxd
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0 total ratings)
Action
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