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2014PC79 % positive

A minimalist puzzle-platformer where a blue square pursues his pink sweetheart. Its puzzles play with words and tongue-in-cheek, faux-poetic text.

Pixel art
Jumping and platforming
Puzzles and brain teasers
Lots of humour

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McPixel 3

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2022PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified96 % positive9.75 €

McPixel 3 is an absurd comedy puzzler where you stop disasters in short scenes by trying the most ridiculous actions possible. Experimenting and laughing at the bizarre outcomes is the core appeal.

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Umihara Kawase

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A physics-driven platformer where you use a fishing line as a grappling hook to swing through surreal stages. Mastering the momentum is tricky but deeply satisfying.

McPixel

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Absurd point-and-click comedy in bite-sized 20-second scenarios where trial and error reveals ridiculous ways for McPixel to stop the bomb, with many gag endings to discover.

A tight puzzle platformer in which a goat wrongly jailed for witchcraft breaks out of prison using its horns, jumping skills and a magic mouse companion. Room-by-room puzzles with switches, blocks and traps are clever and charming in a pixel-art style.

Baba Is You

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Baba Is You turns the game's rules into pushable word blocks, so rearranging them changes what wins, what kills and even what you control. The result is a clever, inventive puzzler full of aha moments.

Q*bert

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A classic arcade game where the big-nosed Q*bert hops around an isometric pyramid changing the color of every cube while enemies chase him. Simple concept, fast reflex play and a punishing difficulty curve.

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A comedy platformer you play in reverse, tackling levels from the end backwards, which turns jumping challenges and puzzles upside down.

Toki Tori

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A charming puzzle game where a little yellow chick must collect all the eggs. Instead of reflexes, it rewards careful planning with a small set of tools across clever, compact levels.

Celeste Classic

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The original tiny platformer made for the PICO-8 fantasy console: you climb a mountain with precise jumps and eight-direction dashes. Short screens and instant restarts make it tough yet compelling.

Shobon no Action

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You guide a cat through a deliberately cruel Super Mario parody where nearly every expectation gets subverted. Its humor comes from traps you can only beat through trial and error, which makes the masocore experience so memorable.