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  •  Kissaki   ( @Kissaki@beehaw.org ) English
    4•3 days ago

    I love platformers. For 2d, I usually prefer action platformers over pure platforming. So, let’s see what comes to mind.

    You gamers HAVE to play Sheepy: A Short Adventure. It’s free and has an exceptional atmosphere.

    I started with what I had fond memories of and came to mind, but of course, I went to my steam library, and looked through games tagged platformer. And now I’m wondering if I should also link my reviews of the titles, specifically the most interesting ones. Either way, the list of fond memories / very positives became too long for one list, so it’s split by category now.

    3d ego platformers

    • A Story About My Uncle, left a lasting impact on me back then as a very good if not exceptional title
    • Portal
    • Hot Lava, great, pure 3d platformer, a lot of of quality content
    • Supraland, 3d puzzle and action platformer

    3d 3rd-person platformers

    • New Super Lucky’s Tale, a great 3d platformer
    • A Hat in Time, a great 3d platformer, with cute characters, good humor
    • RiME, I remember I wrote a very positive review about RiME
    • A Short Hike, great
    • Yooka-Laylee

    2d platformers

    • Sheepy: A Short Adventure, free, exceptional atmosphere
    • Ori, with its great atmosphere and visuals
    • Webbed, very cute, great theming, playing as a spider
    • Yoku’s Island Express, great mixing of pinball and platformer, in a great setting
    • Spiritfarer, great atmosphere
    • Battleblock Theater, great absurd humor
    • Super Meat Boy, ok, this has been a long time ago, but it was incredibly fluid and fast, with a ton of content
    • Dustforce DX
    • Jubilee, I played this on my Steam Deck quite a bit (unfortunately no save sync)
    • Trine, for its great physics approach and narrated humorous storytelling
    • Wunderling DX, an “auto-runner platformer”, quite interesting, well polished, so try to for something different
    • Braid, I don’t actually know if it holds up today, it’s been so long ago

    I’d love to hear your opinions on

    • A Highland Song, deep lore, great atmosphere - I felt a bit lost though, or wasn’t captivated beyond that, and beyond one run
    • Treasures of Aegean, another “roguelite” platformer, with interesting progression and discovery - still, I found it well made, but ultimately not personally captivating, maybe because of the disorganized nature [of re-runs and timeloop-crossing story]
    • Sable, only partially platformer, and not the best quality overall, but great atmosphere, exploration, and platforming discovery
    • Verlet Swing
    • Viking Hiking
    • Grow Home