Category: Platformer

Hue looks like a great idea, it's an adventure platformer where you change the background colour of the world.

GOG add another game to their lovely DRM free library, next up is the simple yet challenging platformer '140'.

Refunct is a very peaceful and simple first-person platformer where you're not really guided by anything but your senses, it's odd, yet refreshing. It also throwns in some Parkour – because why not.

The developers of Refunct emailed me to let me know that the game will launch on Linux on the 5th of September.

City Climber is an upcoming good looking platformer where you need to control a ragdoll character using your mouse or your controller. It was created by one person and right now is looking for votes on Steam Greenlight. There isn't a precise release date, but apparently the game will be finished by next month.

I really love the visuals in Fossil Echo! Sadly it wasn't a day-1 release, but the developers have stated that they're working hard on it.

Miaou Moon is a charming, fun and all around entertaining game. The developer sent in a key for me to take a look, and I'm not one to pass up what could be hilarious.

Slain: Back From Hell is the revamped of the poorly received Slain, now that it's available on GOG and I have been sent a key I gave it a test.

Good news platformer lovers, as Aaron from Knockout Games sent word that the Linux & Mac versions of Mighty No. 9 are now actually live on Steam.

With thanks to my friends at GamesRepublic I was sent a key to Worms W.M.D today to give it a test, so test it I did! Warning: Image heavy article.

The action platformer Mighty No. 9 looks like it has its SteamOS icon back, but looking at reports it's not yet playable on Linux.

N++ a simple, fast-paced, momentum-based platformer has been confirmed by the developers as being on it's way to Linux.

Yooka-Laylee is a game being created by the minds behind Banjo-Kazooie. A playable Toybox was recently released to Kickstarter backers.

Ethan Lee is at it again, the hit indie platformer FEZ has released the big 1.2 update that ditches MonoGame for FNA.

Featherpunk Prime is a new indie platformer with a lot of action that is being released on September 1st, and the developers are aiming for a simultaneous release for Linux.

Slain is one of those games that got released with many issues, thankfully the developers listened and created Slain: Back from Hell which is a revamped version. It's now also available for Linux.

Honestly, I've never heard of this game before, so I can't give an opinion about it, but I do think that its aesthetics and background score look pretty interesting. The creators clearly state they took inspiration from Limbo, but also some comparisons with Fran Bow can be made. There's also a key give-away!

Orange Moon, a 2D action platformer game with RPG elements and puzzles, full of dangerous native life forms, raiders, remnants of alien civilization and harsh environments. According to the game developer, a giveaway of 60 keys will be celebrated as part of the daily contests IndieDB started making recently.

Bleed 2 is a new very action-packed platformer that is being ported to Linux by Ethan Lee, he's even noted directly in the trailer!

Trials of Azra is the first release of Onion Core, a small studio of only two people, whose most relevant mechanic is the ability to control the enemies you killed to solve otherwise impossible situations.