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In lieu of Steam Nextfest where a bunch of awesome indie games are coming out for all to playtest, Inti Creates is releasing its latest 2D game in demo form. The developer's new title is Grim Guardians: Demon Purge, and it's coming out in 23 February for PC and Nintendo Switch. The English gameplay showcase shows off dual protagonists Shinobu an...
The 2D action game fixes from indie companies just keep on coming. Here's another one for the books: Saga of Sins. Saga of Sins is a side-scrolling action-adventure game where the game's aesthetics are based on the stained glass artworks of Hieronymus Bosch, with a story where you tackle the seven deadly sins as the cleric Cecil. He can enter pe...
Kandria is out right now for PC, and it's a really ambitious search action game with some good platforming gameplay. The combat's a bit easy, but that's the only major issue we've found in this budding gem. Having said that, the game's platforming can be tough. Here's a guide on how to sort those out. Here are the video walkthroughs we've com...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Nintendo Switch, PS4 Genre: 2D action ninja platformer If you fondly miss 16-bit fast-paced action games like Shinobi 3, Hagane, and Run Saber, the two-man developer group Joymash will sort you out with 2023's first-ever arcade offering that slaps and slashes. Flip Out & Kill People Vengeful Guardia...
Head here for the full list. #8: Vampire Survivors AND Holocure We’re giving one of our prestigious top 10 spots between two titles that share a common new genre: one we affectionally call the WASD game. It’s 8 at night. You play a 2D character in a 2D environment with enemy sprites looking like legally-distinct Castlevania enemies...
For the rest of the list, head here. For #19, head here. #18. SOULDIERS (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X | S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) Being just released this June 2022, Souldiers, a 2D Metroidvania with elements of Dark Souls done right, beating its contemporaries in many aspects; gorgeous graphics, amazing level designs, ...
2013 2D action platformer roguelike title Risk Of Rain was a pioneer in the day, with many people still swearing by it up until now. Next year, the game will get its biggest and last update. Developer Hopoo said that the next big Risk of Rain update, dubbed Risk of Rain Returns, will be in remastered form and will be out sometime in 2023; probab...
Born of Bread is a 2.5D adventure RPG game that combines exploration with a combat system that rethinks turn-based encounters. Experience a home-cooked retro take on classic cartoony with charming characters for children and adults alike. Players assume the character of a sentient flour golem with a childlike curiosity who possesses a unique set...
Platform(s): PC(version reviewed), Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One Genre: 2D beat-em-up RPG hybrid with Technos throwbacks aplenty 2019's River City Girls surprised everyone with its brand of humour, fun 2D beat-em-up action, lush pixel artwork, catchy music, and nods to the Kunio-kun and Double Dragon franchise. A couple more years later, we're...
The hit 2022 WASD game Vampire Survivors is getting its first-ever expansion. It's called Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell and it just appeared out of nowhere on PC (Steam). No release date has been mentioned for now, but we do know the DLC contains 8 new characters, 13 new weapons, 1 new stage, and 6 new music tracks. The new stage is...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation Genre: 2D dodge 'em up Have you ever played a 2D shoot-em-up like R-Type, but you avoided everything that came in your way instead of blasting the problem directly? No? Well, you'll get a huge-yet-short serving of that with developer Digital Kingdom and publisher Thunderful ...
The Knight Witch is out right now for PC (Steam) and Nintendo Switch. If you love 2D shmups and search action game hybrids, you'll find a lot to love about this new title from developer Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team. What you won't like is the game's difficulty; it's pretty tough and requires your diligence in memorizing bullet hell ...
Platform(s): PC (version played), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Genre: Metroidvania bullet hell shmup If you think the whimsical art style and cheery folksy intro music of Team 17 and Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team's latest 2D search action shmup hybrid game The Knight Witch equals an easy game, think again. Wic...
The upcoming 2D dodge-em-up game Swordship is reminiscent of a 2D shmup, but you don't fire bullets. Rather, you dodge things and obstacles coming at you and from all sides as you're speeding in your titular Swordship on the sea. Developer Digital Kingdom and publisher Thunderful has unleashed a developer commentary video talking about the game'...
If you love the Western anime production series RWBY, you may find the latest game adaptation quite decent. RWBY: Arrowfell mixes 2D action with search action-like elements, where you can switch between the main huntresses -Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang- and use their special Semblances to defeat foes, solve puzzles, and overcome obstacles. If yo...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D action platformer with search action-like elements The last time production house Rooster Teeth lent their Western animation/anime license RWBY out for a video game is for the Arc System Works fighting game crossover BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, and that worked out very well for them. ...
Before it was swamped with too many Pokemon games to make, Gamefreak used to create original 2D games. One of them is an underrated 2D platformer-slash-drilling-sim called Drill Dozer, and it was a lovely Game Boy Advance marvel. Fast forward to now, and it seems that the cult game has inspired developers like Ahr Ech to make their own drilling ...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Nintendo Switch, Apple Arcade Genre: 2D action roguelite where you go deeper underground It's nice to know that Yacht Club Games and developer Nitrome are bringing back the classic gameplay of Bandai Namco's Mr. Driller, now in a new 2D action platformer guise and Shovel Knight brand. Shovel Knight Dig is wha...
If you missed the Sega 2D platformer classics Castle of Illusion and World of Illusion, this new D23 Expo announcement will make you jump for joy. Disney and DLaLa Studios (Battletoads reboot) will be making a new 2D platformer named Disney's Illusion Island, which features co-op and four different playable Disney characters: Mickey Mouse, Goofy...
Remember Apogee, the old-school PC gaming software publisher known for many classics like the 2D Duke Nukem games and even Castle Wolfenstein? Well, they're still sticking around and have the subtitle "Entertainment" just for kicks, but still publish retro-style games. Their latest? An upcoming Metroidvania side-scrolling action title called LUC...
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