Tag Archives: platformer

Since its initial release on consoles back in 2020, Huntdown has been well-received by critics, holding a strong Metacritic score of 86. Today, the developers are now announcing that their retro-inspired action-platformer will also be heading for iOS and Android later this year. If you’re a fan of a 16-bit …

Firewatch celebrates its 5th anniversary today, and developer Campo Santo has been reminiscing about the game’s creation on Twitter. In addition to giving insight into the game’s development and sharing rare concept art, the studio revealed a fun Easter egg from the Switch version that seemingly not many people have …

The United Nations Environment Programme has launched Reset Earth, a new mobile game about the Ozone layer that aims to teach children and adolescents about the fundamental role it plays in protecting the earth. It’s a platformer that combines hand-drawn art with a retro-style gameplay where you switch between characters …

Next month on 10th February, the United Nations Ozone Secretariat is releasing a mobile game called Reset Earth, which is designed to teach children and adolescents about the fundamental role the ozone layer plays in protecting the planet. Reset Earth is a singleplayer platformer which combines retro-style graphics with hand-drawn …

Dadish was one of my favourite games that released on mobile in 2020 so I’m very excited to get playing Dadish 2, which is available now for iOS and Android. It comes from indie developer Thomas Young, who you may also be familiar with from the Super Fowlst series. Dadish …

Okyo Games and Plug In Digital Publishing has released Neon Beats on iOS after a successful release on PC with a positive review rate of 96%. It’s an elegant combination of music and platform gameplay that exists within a 2D setting. You enter an abstract world to embody a cube …

The Chinese Room has recently teased that Episode Nine will soon arrive for their popular cinematic platformer, Little Orpheus. The Apple Arcade title has been well-received since it first launched so the news of additional content will be welcomed by fans. The news was announced in a Tweet from The …

Majesco Entertainment announced that Monster Tale, the beloved and dare I say underappreciated Nintendo DS platformer, is heading to “modern game platforms” sometime this year. There’s no specification on which consoles those are, but one would have to assume Switch at the very least given the game’s Nintendo roots.  Monster Tale …

Back in November, a classic mobile game received in a sequel with the arrival of Halbrick Studios’ Fruit Ninja 2. Now another popular, early smartphone title has had a follow-up after a lengthy absence, Doodle Jump 2, which is available now for iOS but currently not Android. The original Doodle …

Indie developer Thomas Young is set to release a sequel to one of my favourite games this year, Dadish soon. Dadish 2 is available to pre-register for both iOS and Android now ahead of its expected launch date of January 18th. The titular Dadish is both a father and a radish, …

Cyber Shadow’s blend of classic Ninja Gaiden and Contra has impressed us in the past (check our hands-on impressions from Gamescom 2019), so it’s exciting to learn that it finally releases January 26th. Cyber Shadow comes from developer Mechanical Games and is published by Yacht Club, best known as the developer …

Prolific mobile developer Crescent Moon Games has announced another game that will be heading for iOS and Android in the near future. It is called Slime Rush, an adorable looking platformer that has been created by indie developer Itey. The game will see you attempting to navigate a brightly coloured …

#AkiRobots is a 2D brain puzzle platformer from developer FlatPonies that’s available now for iOS and should soon release for Android and Steam and too. It will see you controlling multiple characters at once as you try to guide them through the levels. The characters you are controlling are the …

OCO is a stylish rhythm-puzzle-platformer that initially launched for iOS and Android devices last year to a positive reception. Today we can reveal that a PRO update will be heading to the game in the near future that introduces a brand new game mode and other features. The headline addition …

Rayark International’s MO: Astray is out today as a premium title on both iOS and Android devices. It’s a side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi universe where you wake up inside an abandoned laboratory that’s filled with traps and humans that have been taken over by alien parasites. Your …

Astrogon is a striking looking arcade game that’s available now for iOS and Android. It takes place in a synth-wave universe with a pretty, neon-coloured graphical style and possesses gameplay that promises to be easy to learn but hard to master. In Astrogon you will play as a bouncy cube …