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1983

You play a red-nosed safari hunter chasing the ape Bongo for revenge after he set your tent on fire. This isometric Sega arcade game from 1983 offers a Donkey Kong-style climb of platforms, dodging and jumping hazards while firing at enemies.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Fast pace
  • Action-packed real-time combat

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That Flipping Mountain

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2021PCSteam Deck playable91 % positive5.69 €

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A physics-based climbing game in the vein of Getting Over It, where you flip and ski your way up a huge mountain of junk. Falls are both frustrating and funny.

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Yolked

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You guide an egg that climbs, grabs and swings its way through absurd, physics-driven obstacles. Its mix of silly humor and maddeningly precise movement is what makes it stand out.

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

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You haul yourself up an enormous mountain of junk using only a hammer while stuck in a cauldron, and one slip can send you tumbling far back down. Bennett Foddy's narration turns the frustration into a strange, darkly funny meditation on perseverance.

Paperboy

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An arcade classic where you ride a bike down a suburban street, tossing newspapers into mailboxes while dodging hazards. Its oblique view and simple yet demanding controls made it distinctive.

Grapple Hoops

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A fast first-person action game where you swing with a grappling hook, wall run and slide, and take down enemies with a basketball. It mixes basketball, parkour and explosions.

Egging On

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You play as a fragile egg trying to climb out of the hen house and through hazardous places like a shop and a kitchen by rolling and jumping. One bad fall can undo your progress, making it a quirky, frustrating-yet-funny test of precision.

Verlet Swing

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A fast swinging game set in a fever-dream world where you race to the goal without crashing. Precise timing and momentum are the core of the experience.

Supfly Delivery Simulator

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You play a delivery robot in a world where a courier service rules humanity, sprinting and jumping to catch parcels under time pressure. Keep punctual and watch your battery, because a dead robot means trouble.

Run

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A small indie platformer with a retro vibe where you run, hide or fly high. Little reliable information exists about it, so this rating is conservative.

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