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With a demon trapped in a weird tiny body, the 2.5D platformer 'WarriOrb' is out on April 28

By Liam Dawe, Apr 22, 2020

Play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body - a talking ball with agile limbs. Weird right? WarriOrb releases in full on April 28.

Indivisible adds drop-in co-op for up to 4 players and a New Game Plus mode

By Liam Dawe, Apr 17, 2020

Indivisible, the action RPG platformer from Lab Zero Games (Skullgirls) can now be played with others in local co-op making it quite a different experience. Plus a New Game Plus mode if you enjoy pain.

Platform bouncing competitive game 'Jumpala' heading to Steam soon

By Liam Dawe, Apr 14, 2020

Jumpala is a very unique take on competitive multiplayer platforming, I've had a huge amount of fun with it and now it's getting close to a Steam release.

Unbound: Worlds Apart Prologue, a free intro to an upcoming metroidvania puzzle-platformer with portals

By Liam Dawe, Apr 13, 2020

Unbound: Worlds Apart Prologue, a free introduction for the upcoming Unbound: Worlds Apart is now available on Linux letting you conjure magic portals to travel between different realities.

Fragile Fighter is an 'unforgiving' dark and emotional story-based platformer now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Apr 13, 2020

With a female protagonist and a dark emotional story, Fragile Fighter definitely has captured my interest.

Something Ate My Alien has a curious mixture of action, digging and puzzle platforming - demo up

By Liam Dawe, Apr 9, 2020

Something Ate My Alien is now confirmed to be launching in June, although there's no exact date they at least have a release window now for their intriguing gameplay mix of action, platforming, puzzles and digging. There's also now a demo.

Quirky metroidvania platformer 'SHEEPO' has you steal eggs and gain transformation powers

By Liam Dawe, Apr 7, 2020

SHEEPO, a new upcoming 'quirky' metroidvania platformer recently appeared on Steam, and it instantly pulled in my attention due to the beautiful style.

Tough highly-rated platformer 'LOVE' is now available on Linux with a massive update

By Liam Dawe, Apr 6, 2020

Developer Fred Wood already had 'LOVE 2: kuso' available on Linux, however the original wasn't. That changed last week, as LOVE got a huge upgrade and Linux support came with it.

Unique competitive platformer 'Jumpala' adds new stages and it's a huge amount of fun

By Liam Dawe, Apr 1, 2020

Jumpala is a very unique competitive platform covered here on GOL recently and I've fallen a little in love with the idea. It's challenging and a lot of fun to play with others.

Primal Light is an action-platformer that has some seriously good art - releasing on July 9

By Liam Dawe, Mar 16, 2020

Primal Light, built with the free and open source Godot Engine, is an action-platformer with pixel artwork that looks divine like some of the classics on Amiga and it's releasing on July 9.

Ridiculously fun party-platformer 'Ultimate Chicken Horse' has a big update and sale on now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 13, 2020

Ultimate Chicken Horse, an amusing name and a very funny game to play with others locally and online. A big update and sale just went live for this party-platformer where you build the level as you play.

Lazr, the cyberpunk platformer with a love of cloth physics sim has a massive demo update

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2020

Lazr is a cyberpunk platform that's quickly shaping up to be like nothing else, where parts of the level and enemies are made from simulated cloth and a massive demo update is out.

Jumpala could be the next generation of competitive platformers and it's fun already

By Liam Dawe, Mar 9, 2020

Indie developers never cease to amaze me on what they can do with simple settings and Jumpala is another surprise that I've been enjoying.

Dandara gets a big free update with the Trials of Fear Edition

By Liam Dawe, Mar 6, 2020

Dandara was quite a surprise, a metroidvania platformer with a gravity-defying movement mechanic that entirely changed you how play and it just got a big update with the Trials of Fear Edition.

Lair of the Clockwork God blends an adventure game with a platformer - now out on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Mar 4, 2020

After a brief Beta test, Lair of the Clockwork God which blends gameplay between a point and click adventure with a platform from Size Five Games is now officially available on Linux.

Lair of the Clockwork God gains an unofficial Linux build for testing

By Liam Dawe, Feb 27, 2020

Size Five Games (The Swindle, Ben There, Dan That!) recently released Lair of the Clockwork God, a very good looking mix of a point and click adventure with a platformer and they've got a Linux build up.

With clever cloth simulation the cyberpunk platformer 'Lazr' is funded

By Liam Dawe, Feb 25, 2020

With a campaign that had quite a dicey ending, Lazr, an action platformer with some really fun use of cloth physics/simulation has now been funded on Kickstarter.

Children are indestructible weapons in 'Dad Quest' - Linux Beta out now

By Liam Dawe, Feb 20, 2020

Possibly one of the quirkiest platformers I've ever come across, Dad Quest is now officially in Beta for Linux on Steam.

Skul: The Hero Slayer has you swap your skull to gain new powers - now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Feb 19, 2020

Skul: The Hero Slayer is an action-packed rogue-lite platformer, where you play as the anti-hero Skul who sets off on a quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his demon King from captivity.