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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom gets a Steam Deck update

By Liam Dawe, Jun 1, 2022

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom from Game Atelier and DG Entertainment recently gained a small but sweet update to improve gameplay on the Steam Deck.

ROTA is a cute and colourful gravity-bending puzzle-platformer worth a look

By Liam Dawe, May 31, 2022

It might look colourful and inviting but don't let that fool you, ROTA is going to test your brain with its gravity-defying puzzle mechanics.

Free and popular precision-platformer 'Janosik' gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe, May 4, 2022

Love some retro action-platformer to fill your time? Janosik quite a popular one, likely because it's free, and it just got a big upgrade.

Owlboy gets a nice upgrade, should now work great on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Apr 29, 2022

Owlboy, a rather sweet story-driven platformer developed by D-Pad Studio has been updated and it's quite a major change for the tech behind it that will make it run nicely on the Steam Deck.

Soldat 2 gets completely overhauled in a new update out now

By Liam Dawe, Apr 14, 2022

Do you remember the classic multiplayer shooter Soldat? Well, it continues living on with the original now being open source and the sequel just got completely remade.

Duck Game gets a patch for Proton, now works on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Apr 9, 2022

Duck Game, an action platformer from Landon Podbielski and Adult Swim Games has been updated to enable it to work properly with the current version of Proton 7 and gets it working on Steam Deck.

Kitsune Zero DLC announced for Super Bernie World

By Liam Dawe, Apr 4, 2022

Super Bernie World, a free platformer that released back in 2020, is getting a paid DLC named Kitsune Zero.

Online platformer DDraceNetwork gets Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe, Apr 4, 2022

DDraceNetwork, a free and open source online co-op platformer now has Vulkan API integrated as of the latest update.

Fan game Sonic Robo Blast 2 gets a new tutorial, various improvements

By Liam Dawe, Mar 8, 2022

Are you a Sonic fan and love checking out fan games? What about a 3D game made with the Doom Legacy port of Doom?

Silly physics co-op platformer Super Bunny Man might be worth a look

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2022

I had honestly never heard of Super Bunny Man until a reader emailed it in but it seems quite popular, one of those games to have a proper laugh with a friend as you fail together.

Seems we're getting another big Terraria update soon

By Liam Dawe, Feb 15, 2022

Re-Logic clearly aren't done with Terraria, even with them previously saying they were. Liars! But we'll totally forgive them of course because we love Terraria.

Skul: The Hero Slayer gets a massive overhaul out now

By Liam Dawe, Feb 10, 2022

Skul: The Hero Slayer, one of the best sellers on Steam from 2021 recently passed the 1 million mark and a big balancing overhaul update is out now.

Yacht Club Games' newest title is the upcoming Mina the Hollower

By Liam Dawe, Feb 7, 2022

Yacht Club Games, know for the popular Shovel Knight series has a new game in development called Mina the Hollower, and it's currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter with it being a clear early success.

Terraria to get Steam Deck optimizations soon

By Liam Dawe, Jan 31, 2022

Terraria, the side-scrolling platformer survival game from Re-Logic is getting ready for the upcoming Steam Deck launch and it sounds like we can expect a good experience from it.

Kitsune Tails gets an all-star voice cast

By Liam Dawe, Jan 20, 2022

Kitsune Tails is an upcoming LGBTQ-focused retro story platformer from Kitsune Games and MidBoss, LLC. that's due out later this year. Looks great for platformer fans and it's going to have quite the voice cast.

SuperTux released free on Steam, an open source classic

By Liam Dawe, Jan 13, 2022

Giving a nice boost to a classic free and open source game, SuperTux has now been released on Steam and it's free to download and play.

Blending 2D and 3D together, puzzle-platformer Neko Ghost, Jump! is out

By Liam Dawe, Jan 12, 2022

Neko Ghost, Jump! shows you what you can get when you blend together new and old, with this platformer having both a 2D and 3D mixture of gameplay in each level.

Classic open source platformer SuperTux is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe, Jan 4, 2022

One we don't cover or hear about too often is SuperTux, a free and open source platformer that's been around for some time now and it's getting a Steam release.