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2012PCSteam Deck playable77 % positive3.99 €

As the little plug Plug, you explore a sprawling tree-like network, light up its areas and solve puzzles in a compact Metroidvania-style platformer.

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Jumping and platforming
Puzzles and brain teasers
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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Best alternative overall: You Have to Win the Game 92% match – Lots to discover
With more action: Pinball Spire 89% match – with combat
Newest alternative: Supraland: Six Inches Under 88% match – released 2022

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You Have to Win the Game

92 %Match

2012PCSteam Deck verified92 % positivefree

A free retro platformer styled after early 1980s PC games, where you explore a small world full of hidden routes and secrets in order to win. It playfully toys with genre conventions and has little story or conventional combat.

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Gateways

Puzzles and brain teasers

A 2D puzzle-platformer set in an inventor's lab, where you use gateway guns to open paths through walls. Portal-style puzzles meet Metroidvania-style exploration and unlockable abilities.

VVVVVV

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A tough retro platformer where you can't jump but instead flip gravity to switch between floor and ceiling. Brutally precise rooms, generous checkpoints and a pounding chiptune soundtrack make it a cult classic.

Sheepo

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A compact metroidvania where a shape-shifting sheep creature hunts down creature eggs on an alien planet, taking on each species' form to unlock new areas.

Pinball Spire

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A pinball-meets-metroidvania adventure where you play as the ball itself, bouncing and flipping your way up a mysterious tower full of secrets and obstacles.

LaserCat

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

You play a laser cat hopping through the castle of Wizzord, the magic space frog, collecting keys and answering trivia to rescue your owl friend. A small, humorous indie Metroidvania full of silliness.

Supraland

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person metroidvania built around clever puzzles and exploration. Secrets and new abilities are tucked everywhere, constantly opening new paths, all delivered with a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor.

Supraland: Six Inches Under

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person metroidvania set beneath the surface of Supraland, shining with clever physics and environmental puzzles, hidden secrets and free exploration. Its light humor and constant discoveries are the main draw.

Webbed

Puzzles and brain teasers

Play as a little spider swinging through lush forests on webs to rescue your boyfriend from a bowerbird. A gentle, charming platform adventure built around exploration and light puzzles.

Teslagrad

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dialogue-free 2D puzzle platformer set in a steampunk world, where you use magnetism and electricity to solve clever puzzles and beat bosses. The story is told purely through visuals and atmosphere.