Category: Platformer

The team of Rare Ltd. veterans at Playtonic Games launched their campaign for a spiritual successor to the Nintendo 64 classic Banjo-Kazooie today. They have already crushed their original goal and are now well past half a million British pounds.

Ronin looks like a cross between Gunpoint and Mark of the Ninja, but will offer a unique blend of stealth and action platforming, and turn-based enemy encounters.

SuperTux 0.3.5 already released two weeks ago, but i still want to publish a news item on this because I think it's important to feature the open source games.

Sol, a new platformer with a cheery sense of humor and with plenty of throwbacks to games of yesteryear, has been released. Most strikingly, the game features a myriad of accessibility options and is licensed under the GPLv3.

Slinki is an action platformer where you control a rabbit with a prosthetic arm. The game has been available for Linux on Desura since December and was released on Steam this week. I've had a look at the game, and I'll tell you what I think of it so far.

The colourful action platformer Freedom Planet now has been officially launched on Linux. If you missed it during the Linux beta, now is a good time!

According to the latest post on his development blog, developer J. Kyle Pittman has been working on some exciting new content for his Zelda II-esque platformer that will be included with a future relaunch of the game.

Trine 3 is looking to be amazing, and the developers have shown it off to IGN. We have the video here to feast your eyes on.

Freedom Planet is a rather quirky looking platformer with tons of action, motorcycles, cats, and lots of other random junk.

Lockdown Protocol is a score-oriented platformer/shooter game with multiplayer support and built-in level editor. The final version has been released, so the game is now feature complete and ready to have a blast with.

Warlocks vs Shadows is an action RPG/brawler game set in a fantasy world invaded by shadow monsters. I've followed it since Kickstarter, and it looks great!

Dreaming Sarah has been available in an open Linux beta on Steam since December, but got a proper release last week. The game was made available DRM free for Linux yesterday and is currently on sale at a reduced price on Steam and Itch.io.

I do love the style of both You Have To Win The Game and Super Win The Game, and it looks like Gunmetal Arcadia will follow in those footsteps.

The developers of Isbarah kindly sent in a testing key of their intriguing looking action platformer now it’s on Linux, so I took a look and gave it a run.

Well I never thought I would include "hip-hop" in a title here, but mission complete. Luckslinger is a fun looking platformer fused with sweet hip-hop vibes and a western theme.

The open-world puzzle platformer with the interesting mechanic of being able to move between parallax layers is slated for release later this year. This week a new trailer for the game was released, and the publisher for the game was announced.

Velocity 2X is a great looking shoot em up that was previously only on Sony consoles, and now FuturLab is teaming up with Sierra to bring it to other platforms, and that includes us too!

A little late on this, sorry. Outland is a beautiful looking action platformer where you use the powers of light and dark to save the world!

Rex Rocket comes from the mind of Castle Pixel, LLC. and the porting skills of Ethan Lee (flibitijibibo), and it’s available on Linux now. Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century.

We covered the crowd-funded platformer from Crescent Moon Games when it released in Early Access on Steam in December. The game had its full release last week and we've taken a look at it.