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2014

A tough, precise 2D platformer with inventive levels, barrel blasts and mine cart rides. Partner Kongs like Diddy, Dixie and Cranky change how you play, backed by a superb soundtrack.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Lavish presentation
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze are Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, Sonic Mania and Rayman Origins. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

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Brings what grabs you about Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze: jumping and platforming, combat with precise timing as well as lavish production.

A tight, challenging 2D platformer where you bounce through varied levels as Donkey and Diddy Kong, riding mine carts and rocket barrels along the way. Local two-player co-op makes the trip even more fun.

Sonic Mania

Jumping and platforming

A lovingly crafted return to classic 2D Sonic, with blazing-fast pixel-art stages, inventive remixes of beloved zones and a cracking soundtrack that nails the Genesis-era feel.

Rayman Origins

Jumping and platforming

A gorgeously hand-drawn 2D platformer bursting with zany humor, tight jumping challenges and frantic treasure-chase levels, playable with up to four friends in chaotic local co-op. It gets seriously demanding in its later stages.

Rayman Legends

Jumping and platforming

A wonderfully fluid 2D platformer with a hand-drawn look, where jumps and attacks feel almost choreographed. The music-driven rhythm levels are especially famous, and it is great fun in co-op too.

Sonic Superstars

Jumping and platforming

A fast-paced classic-style 2D Sonic platformer that adds new Emerald powers and supports up to four players in co-op. Colorful stages and high-speed action are the focus.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Jumping and platforming

A blazing-fast 2D platforming classic where Sonic uses the new spin dash to tear through varied zones, with Tails tagging along as a co-op buddy. Iconic music, tricky special stages and Super Sonic make it a series high point.

Pizza Tower

Jumping and platforming

A frantic, chaotic 2D platformer starring the manic pizza chef Peppino, built around momentum-based movement, score chasing and wildly hand-drawn animation. Its zany humor and driving soundtrack turn every level into a spectacle.

Sonic Generations

Jumping and platforming

A high-speed anniversary platformer where classic 2D Sonic and modern 3D Sonic team up to replay reimagined iconic stages from two decades of the series. Blistering speed, remixed music and heavy nostalgia define the experience.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Jumping and platforming

A fast-paced 2D platformer where Sonic first meets Knuckles on Angel Island, featuring large branching stages packed with hidden routes, special stages and an iconic soundtrack.

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