Category: Platformer

Shovel Knight is an awesome looking love letter to 8-bit games that was funded on Kickstarter some time ago. It had a Linux stretch goal that was hit and the developers have now teased it running on Linux.

Arcen Games has announced that A Valley Without Wind 1 and 2, AI War, and Shattered Haven are all be ported to Linux.

Beyond Gravity is an interesting little mobile game turned desktop game that has you jumping from planet to planet collecting pick-ups. I say mobile game as it's one of those "tap to continue" type of games, but it's not actually bad.

LIMBO can finally be played natively on Linux thanks to Ryan "Icculus" Gordon and his porting magic. If you don't remember LIMBO came in a Humble Indie Bundle and caused a wee bit of a stir when people noticed it wasn't native.

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty promises to bring Linux some great puzzle platforming as a complete rebuild of Abe's Oddysee which back in the day was a really amazing game.

Magicite the very colourful RPG platformer that comes with permanent death as standard is now released in full on Linux, but it's still getting big updates too.

Now and then a platformer game comes along that looks quite a bit different than the usual crop and "Reckpunk" is one such game.

A Mini-Sequel for Electronic Super Joy! A brand new World, ending in an Epic Boss Fight! Jump, dodge & dance among insane hazards, missiles, lasers & monsters!

LIMBO caused quite a stir when it was released for Linux being wrapped in a custom wine wrapper by Codeweavers, but that saga looks like it's coming to and end.

1001 Spikes is a new retro-looking platformer that has co-op and versus play. We have rather a lot of retro platformers now, so what's different about 1001 Spikes?

Have you been missing the original Trine on Steam? Well, the wait will be over soon as Trine is getting a major update with a new Linux client in the coming months!

TowerFall Ascension the highly rated indie game is now officially available on Linux and with it comes a nice sale. Two of my favourites things a game and sale!

Monochroma, a grim indie platformer (where have we heard that before?), has been released on Steam. The developer, Nowhere Studios, managed to fund the game last year on Kickstarter and Greenlit on Steam. It appears to be set in a dark industrial world with an orwellian vibe. Carried by plot sans dialogue and some great 2.5D visuals, this game definitely looks to have potential.

Death Epileptic Pixel is one game that looks like it will give a fit even to people who aren't sensitive to flashing lights.

Over The Moon Games has announced that Episode 1 of The Fall will be launching on the 30th of May, two days ahead of its prior target of the 1st of June. Launch trailer inside.

Poof is a pretty great looking mix of action and platforming in one neat little package and the Linux version is now live!

CaveExpress is a fun looking 2D physics-based platformer that is now open source under the GPL3, the media is also free under a different license.

BattleBlock Theater as promised is now out for Linux on Steam bringing with it some co-op platforming mayhem and it looks awesome.

Escape Goat 2 just got more awesome with its 1.1 update, time to goat down to business (that was terrible right?).

Ascendant is the unforgiving beat 'em up that challenges you with a new world each time you play. It utilizes a number of modern roguelike elements such as permadeath and procedurally generated environments. Sounds like a pretty decent platformer, looks good too.