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Update : Nikoderiko: The Magical World added at rank #1.
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Nikoderiko: The Magical World (2024)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

Run, jump, ground pound, slide and ride through seven unique worlds in Nikoderiko: The Magical World, a charming platforming adventure game! Play in single-player or couch co-op, and enjoy music by legendary composer David Wise.

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  • platform
  • 3d
  • cooperative

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Sonic x Shadow Generations (2024)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!

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  • platform
  • classic
  • 3d
  • 2d
  • soundtrack
  • boss
  • fast-paced
  • open-world
  • attack
  • score
  • replay-value
  • open-zone

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Neva (2024)

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Nintendo Switch j Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Mac OS PC Windows Android Xbox One

Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.


  • platform
  • puzzle

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Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines (2024)

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j Xbox Series X PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways.

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  • platform
  • dog
  • collectathon
  • 2d
  • precision
  • family-friendly
  • cartoony
  • pixel
  • colourful
  • cute
  • comedy

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Castlevania DominuS Collection (2024)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Three incredible action adventure games from the Castlevania series have finally returned, for the first time! But wait, there's more! Haunted Castle Revisited, a redesigned version of the very first Castlevania arcade game, makes its debut!

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  • metroidvania
  • platform
  • pixel
  • rpg
  • vampire
  • action-adventure
  • action
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • dark
  • remake
  • compilation
  • arcade
  • piracy
  • time-consuming

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Magical Delicacy (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One

A wholesome pixel art platformer. Cook magical delicacies from a vast collection of ingredients in your own shop. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and experience a unique witchy world.


  • platform
  • cooking
  • metroidvania
  • economy
  • relaxing
  • magic
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • life
  • cute
  • management
  • mystery

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Braid: Anniversary Edition (2024)

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Android Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux IOS iPhone Xbox Series X/s

Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.


  • platform
  • puzzle
  • time
  • classic
  • manipulation
  • 2d
  • programming
  • in-depth

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ANIMAL WELL (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows j

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

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  • platform
  • puzzle
  • metroidvania
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • no-combat
  • discovery
  • nonlinear

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Saviorless (2024)

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j PC Windows Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux

Saviorless is a stylish dark fantasy action-platform game. Features two distinctive main characters on their quest to escape from a cursed land known as the Smiling Islands.


  • platform
  • hand-drawn
  • 2d
  • fantasy
  • dark
  • narration
  • hack-and-slash
  • conversation
  • surreal
  • atmospheric
  • stylized
  • self-narration
  • narrative
  • puzzle
  • multiple-endings

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Pepper Grinder (2024)

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Linux j Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Pepper Grinder is an action-packed 2D adventure blending traditional platforming with an alternate drilling mode that allows you to dive in and out of the earth like a dolphin swims through water.


  • platform
  • boss-fight
  • boss

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