Sarah HertzkeRecursed is amazing, ingenious, and challenging. Incredibly unique mechanics built around recursion. This game broke my brain. Visuals are only serviceable, but who cares with puzzles this good.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/497780/Recursed/
Severed Steel is an exhilarating hardcore FPS. Jump, slide, dive, wall-run all over to avoid a storm of bullets and take down enemies in a number of ways. Amazing game with tons of options.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227690/Severed_Steel/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/severed-steel-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227690/Severed_Steel/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/severed-steel-switch/
Patrick's Parabox is a delightful and mind-bending Sokoban-like where you can go inside some blocks, even recursively. Has a nice difficulty curve, so you'll have plenty of fun before the game breaks your brain. Brilliant!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1260520/Patricks_Parabox/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1260520/Patricks_Parabox/
Moncage is a creative puzzle game where lining up panoramas viewed on the sides of a cube can change things. Puzzles are challenging, but it has a good hint system. There's also a story, told slowly and obtusely. Very interesting and engaging.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1195290/Moncage/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1195290/Moncage/
Captain Backwater is a tilt block puzzle game where you must crash matching items together to collect the treasure. Unusual mechanics, if not completely unique. Lots of puzzles. (btw, it's free on PC)
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/captain-backwater-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/captain-backwater-switch/
Captain Backwater for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Play Captain Backwater today and get ready for one of the greatest pirate puzzle adventures of all time. Meet Captain Backwater, the 'scariest' pirate in the Caribbean, and help him plunder 100 treasure caves. Each cave is a puzzle that demands everythin…
Trash Quest is a nice, small, fun Metroidvania with no checkpoints or save points, just a central hub and shortcuts. Good, challenging gameplay and cute presentation. And you're a raccoon with a gun, that's neat.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/trash-quest-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/trash-quest-switch/
Trash Quest for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
SPACE VOYAGE Trash Quest is set on the space station Deliverance. The crew has just begun preparations for the long voyage to Tau Ceti. The AI has been activated, and it's performing a quick system check. FEARLESS RACCOON You play as a raccoon that has n…
Mekabolt is a nifty and fun pixel art puzzle-platformer. The puzzles are easy, but the platforming is tricky, and the variety of robots and the way they are used is very interesting.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/mekabolt-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/mekabolt-switch/
Mekabolt for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Players take the role of a theme park technician that needs to collect batteries to repair the haywire robots. With your handy Mekabolt, use the out of control robots to your advantage to overcome obstacles and obtain the batteries across 100 puzzle plat…
Islets is a charming, quirky metroidvania with wonderful visuals, solid combat, challenging platforming, and some neat mechanics. Bring the fragmented sky islands back together, and help out wherever you can. Fantastic game.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/islets
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/islets
Buy Islets from the Humble Store
Iko is an aspiring yet hopeful warrior exploring the land and sky to reunite a series of floating islands. With his rickety airship, he must travel from island to island in order to reignite each one’s magnetic core while fighting off the many adversaries standing in his way. Islets is a surprisingly wholesome metroidvania about making connections with the people around you. By reuniting the islands and befriending a cast of charming characters, the world expands and reveals new parts of each...
The Spirit and the Mouse is a charming 3D adventure platformer about a mouse tasked with doing good deeds. An accident gives a humble mouse the electric powers of a guardian spirit and she has to do it's work. Adorable and fun.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-spirit-and-the-mouse
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-spirit-and-the-mouse
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After a shocking thunderstorm brings them together, unlikely allies Lila the mouse and Lumion the Spirit guardian must work in tandem to restore balance to their quaint village. Thankfully, Lila has her big heart and electrifying new powers to aid her on this journey. Guide her through a heartwarming adventure across Sainte-et-Claire to befriend playful electric spirits called Kibblins and illuminate this village once more. The Spirit and the Mouse is a narrative-focused adventure game that h...
Relicta is an engaging first-person puzzle adventure with interesting (if not very original) gameplay and story. Stunning visuals, an incredible level of detail and really good writing.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/941570/Relicta/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2047-CUSA17538_00-ARELICTA00000000/
https://www.gog.com/game/relicta
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/relicta-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/941570/Relicta/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2047-CUSA17538_00-ARELICTA00000000/
https://www.gog.com/game/relicta
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/relicta-switch/
SkateBIRD... really isn't my kind of game. I'm pretty bad at it. But I'm happy it exists, because it's delightful. A wonderful, charming, creative skateboarding game.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/skatebird-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/skatebird-switch/
SkateBIRD for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Grind on bendy straws, kick-flip over staplers, and carve killer lines through cardboard and sticky tape parks, in SKATEBIRD®! You're a lonely lil' bird, and your Big Friend has hung up their board for good. Their job sucks, and lately, they're barely ev…
Papertris is a good but misleadingly named action arcade puzzle game. It's not Tetris, it's Match 3. Kinda like Puyo Puyo, but with a few interesting wrinkles. Not particularly outstanding or groundbreaking, but good and cheap.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1633640/Papertris/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1633640/Papertris/
Icemaze Cave: Skate Escape is a very straightforward tilt maze puzzle game. Slide on the ice, reach the goal, pick up gold. There are no new ideas here, mechanics are very basic. But it's fine, and there's lots of puzzles. And they get tough.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1834120/Icemaze_Cave_Skate_Escape/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1834120/Icemaze_Cave_Skate_Escape/
Icemaze Cave: Skate Escape on Steam
Icemaze Cave: Skate Escape is a 2D puzzle game about path planning with exploration and collection elements. Skate through the icy and labyrinthine depths of Icemaze Cave. Explore the increasingly complex cave rooms and find your way across the icy floors to the exit.
Pippu - Bauble Quest is a short, charming, Mario-esque platformer. More challenging than it looks, but not by much. Simple and fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604110/Pippu__Bauble_Quest/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604110/Pippu__Bauble_Quest/
Revolver and Co is a quirky and silly trivia game where you're given a very weird and wasteful gun to shoot robots with. Answer questions to shoot, the further you are from the answer, the more bullets you waste. Don't run out!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604100/Revolver_and_Co/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604100/Revolver_and_Co/
Gyro Boss DX is an exciting, challenging, endless dodge-em-up, bullet-hell arcade game. Face a terrifying space pirate with a bunch of different attacks he uses randomly. Last as long as you can. Includes a multiplayer mode.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/971610/Gyro_Boss_DX
https://store.steampowered.com/app/971610/Gyro_Boss_DX
Nakawak is a short, cool, retro Metroidvania. The gameplay is pretty conventional, but good enough. The visuals, though, are weird and incredible and unique.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/716150/Nakawak_Expanded_Color_Edition/
https://anxious-neck-games.itch.io/nakawak
https://store.steampowered.com/app/716150/Nakawak_Expanded_Color_Edition/
https://anxious-neck-games.itch.io/nakawak
FutureGrind is a wild, challenging, and completely unique sports game. Wonderful style, quick to learn, hard to master, and really fun. Also features an interesting sci-fi story.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/355820/FutureGrind/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/355820/FutureGrind/
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Nail the perfect line in the future's most challenging stunt sport! Grab your bike and hit the rails in this stylish stunt-racer all about tricks, skill, and speed. Chain together huge combos on tracks made of floating rails, but watch out: touch the rail of the wrong color and you'll explode!
Button Button Up! is a cute and unique platformer. While the single-player campaign is solid, the multiplayer modes shine. Very fun and creative, interesting mechanics.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/623320/Button_Button_Up/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/button-button-up-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/623320/Button_Button_Up/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/button-button-up-switch/
Donut Dodo is a fun retro arcade single-screen platformer in the vein of Mario Bros or Bubble Bobble. Grab all the donuts you can, including the giant one protected by a Dodo bird. Cartoony, with a very authentic 80s look and feel.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1779560/Donut_Dodo/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1779560/Donut_Dodo/
Röki, by Polygon Treehouse, is a wonderful adventure game inspired by Scandinavian folklore. Kinda spooky, especially at the beginning, but more than that it's thoughtful and emotional.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/roki-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/roki-switch/
Röki for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Rediscover magic and chart your adventure through this forgotten northern world of mystery and monsters. Find your courage, discover hidden paths, solve ancient puzzles and travel deeper through the icy land to learn the truth. We join Tove on a fantas…
By the way, Polygon Treehouse is working on a new game, Mythwrecked. Shipwrecked on a magical island, Alex must befriend the Greek Gods, help them find their treasures, their memories, and ultimately their identity. Looks interesting.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2000210/Mythwrecked_Ambrosia_Island
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2000210/Mythwrecked_Ambrosia_Island
UnMetal is a hilarious and fun Metal Gear parody. Polished gameplay that emulates the classics but is as solid as anything you can play today, and wonderfully funny writing. Fantastic, creative game.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/unmetal-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/unmetal-switch/
UnMetal for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
You play as Jesse Fox who finds himself imprisoned in a covert military base where he was arrested for a crime he didn't commit. Jesse must now escape using his dry wits, quick words, improvised skills, arsenal of warfare, violent explosives, MacGuyvered…
Love is Dead is goofy and inventive. A simple and easy but fun puzzle game with heart and humor. It's got zombies and pancakes!
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/love-is-dead
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/love-is-dead
Buy Love is Dead from the Humble Store
i saw her standing there...Love is Dead is an action/puzzle game about love, death, and pancakes. Control two freshly dead zombies, moving them independently, and reunite them safely at the end of each level as you scour the globe in search of the only thing that matters after the apocalypse... your beloved pets. You and your love are on a world-spanning adventure through graveyards, cities, an art gallery, a volcano, and beyond in a world filled with danger and surprises alike. With the abil...
Wings of Glass, from SayuriArtsy, is a strangely beautiful but also frightening 3D platformer adventure. It's kinda janky, but charming, creative, and compelling. Escape and survive in a weird and hostile world.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1010780/Wings_of_Glass/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1010780/Wings_of_Glass/
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Mayfly, a girl with glass wings, is kidnapped by Ferace, a giant demon. Ferace rips off the wings that define her, but loses Mayfly to a cave. She is weak and scared. Dangers lie before and ahead of her. Be careful, stealthy, and smart to survive. She'll need to find her wings to get home.
Feathery Ears is another somewhat janky but still great 3D platformer from SayuriArtsy. Less horror, more dreamy action/adventure. Use your fire sword to slay enemies and save the stars!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/992200/Feathery_Ears/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/992200/Feathery_Ears/
Spinch is a challenging and visually stunning platformer. The graphics are wild and intense. Gameplay is mostly straightforward but very polished. Just incredible.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/794240/Spinch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/794240/Spinch/
Arietta of Spirits is a short, emotional, Zelda-esque action-adventure. Solid but not very remarkable gameplay wise, but with an engaging story and gorgeous visuals.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140170/Arietta_of_Spirits/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140170/Arietta_of_Spirits/
Shiro is kinda like Celeste crossed with Momodora. Hardcore platformer with one hit death but frequent checkpoints, and also combat. Distinctive playfeel that will take time to get used to, but is very engaging.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290710/Shiro/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290710/Shiro/
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is incredible. Fantastic, fluid movement and great visuals. Is it possible for a video game to be effective environmental activism? If it is, this game is doing it. Impossible to play and not feel something.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1837330/Gibbon_Beyond_the_Trees/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1837330/Gibbon_Beyond_the_Trees/
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor is .... an experience. And not an entirely pleasant one. But that's clearly intentional. It's also amazing, and features a city teeming with life, with loads of intricate detail. Feels very...real.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/436500/Diaries_of_a_Spaceport_Janitor/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/436500/Diaries_of_a_Spaceport_Janitor/
Sizeable is wonderful puzzle game about resizing things. The mechanics are fun and unique, the visuals are nice, and the puzzles are interesting. Utterly delightful.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1333910/Sizeable/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1333910/Sizeable/
OK/NORMAL is NOT normal. An extremely surreal 3D adventure (sometimes platformer?) horror game. Sometimes more bewildering than scary, but occasionally very frightening. A strange, amazing, unique experience. Cheap!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/862580/OKNORMAL/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/862580/OKNORMAL/
Evan's Remains is an enthralling puzzle platformer with a heavy emphasis on story. In fact, you can skip the puzzles if you only want the story. And it's a really good story. An engaging mystery of secrets and science fiction. But the puzzles are good too.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1110050/Evans_Remains/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1110050/Evans_Remains/
Sentimental K is a fun action roguelite very much in the vein of Hades. Gameplay is solid, if not very original. And the visuals are kinda cool and cheesy with a few rough edges. It's nothing grand but I like it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1256530/Sentimental_K/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1256530/Sentimental_K/
Cursed to Golf is a challenging 2D golf roguelite. Adds mechanics from platforming and roguelikes to spice up the sport. Lots of interesting decisions you'll have to make to win.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1726120/Cursed_to_Golf/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1726120/Cursed_to_Golf/
Beasts of Maravilla Island is a beautiful photography game about exploring a secret island with animals and plants that don't exist anywhere else. Observe behavior, learn, take pictures.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378020/Beasts_of_Maravilla_Island/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378020/Beasts_of_Maravilla_Island/
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Beasts of Maravilla Island is a 3D adventure game where you take on the role of a young wildlife photographer who traverses Maravilla Island's magical ecosystems to discover extraordinary creatures, learn their behaviors, and, most importantly, photograph their majesty.
Yaga is an incredible action RPG based on Slavic folklore. Gameplay is intricate, with lots of interesting systems and choices. The story is engaging and the presentation is fantastic.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/888530/Yaga/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/yaga-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/888530/Yaga/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/yaga-switch/
Peglin is amazing. A roguelike RPG with a completely unique battle system. Bounce balls off pegs on a pachinko board to determine the damage. Weird, challenging and fun. Early Access.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/
They Always Run is a stylish, challenging action game with unique combat. You are Aiden, a mutant, three-armed bounty hunter, and the galaxy is a dangerous place. A bit awkward at times, but amazing.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1585440/They_Always_Run/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1585440/They_Always_Run/
The Dream Machine is incredible point & click adventure with visuals made by hand with cardboard and clay (and other stuff). The graphics are really great and unique, but the story is also very engaging. Fantastic.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/477/The_Dream_Machine__Full_Game/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/477/The_Dream_Machine__Full_Game/
SpeedRunners is a frenetic and fun racing game. Sorta like Mario Kart on foot, you'll use items and traps to mess up your opponents and leave them in the dust. Chaotic and exciting multiplayer.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/207140/SpeedRunners/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/speedrunners-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/207140/SpeedRunners/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/speedrunners-switch/
Clustertruck is a crazy and hard first-person platformer. Jumping from one out-of-control truck to another is thrilling and tough.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/397950/Clustertruck/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/clustertruck-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/397950/Clustertruck/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/clustertruck-switch/
Mr. Shifty is an overhead action game kinda like Hotline Miami. Become a powerful, punching, teleporting superhero in fast, risky, challenging combat. You die in one hit so you have to be clever and careful. Very fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/489140/Mr_Shifty/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/mr-shifty-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/489140/Mr_Shifty/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/mr-shifty-switch/
Fearless Fantasy is an engaging, unique, tough RPG. Like Paper Mario, you perform actions to determine success of attacks, but instead timed button presses, it's mouse movement. Also has weird, cool visuals, and a decent story. Possibly better on mobile.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/282100/Fearless_Fantasy/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/282100/Fearless_Fantasy/
The Gateway Trilogy is a compilation of three cryptic, somewhat abstract, minimalist point & click adventures that are connected by the importance of doors. Very interesting and engaging.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/661470/The_Gateway_Trilogy/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/661470/The_Gateway_Trilogy/
And that will be it. Lots of cool stuff, some new or at least very recent. Check it out. Also, hi new followers!