Category: Platformer

This action-adventure platformer Gunmetal Arcadia, with smooth retro-styled art, was released earlier in the week.

The developer of Tinertia sent in some keys at user-request for us to take a look at this rather amusing twin-stick shooter.

This was confirmed by Polytron on Twitter. All the money will be sent to an American charity called American Civil Liberties Union.

Typoman: Revised, an award winning surreal word game is bringing up Linux support and they need some testers.

Dead Cells, a 2D roguelike and castlevania-inspired action-platformer was emailed in by Sintineddu and wow, the art in this one is fantastic.

We have a bunch of Steam keys for King Lucas, a metroidvania-style game from DevilishGames and here's your chance to grab a copy.

If you weren't already sold on Yooka-Laylee, this new multiplayer trailer might just sell you on it and it looks fantastic.

Fumiko! A new single-player, story-driven game that has been developed with Unity and Linux is coming out next month. It looks absolutely bizarre, but in a good way.

This metroidvania with distinctive hand-drawn art is set to launch sometime in the middle of the year. Developer Thunder Lotus has decided to start a crowdfunding campaign to finance extra polish and get player input before launch.

Well, Rise & Shine has certainly hooked me in with its rather awesome visuals and slick looking action! The developers have said they are investigating and testing Linux support. UPDATED.

GOL follower hardpenguin sent over a copy of 'Pocket Kingdom' for me to take a look at, and as a fan of the Amiga I had to give it a go.

I was sent in Gearend by a reader, as it not only looks like a pretty good 2D exploration game, but it's also developed on Linux.

We've been waiting a while on it, but Fossil Echo looks like it's finally nearing a release for Linux.

Later than I had originally hoped, but Best Buds vs Bad Guys has officially released for Linux. I actually Kickstarted this game, so I was hoping it would be good.

Super Jagua is a retro platformer inspired by Super Mario Bros. The game recently came to Linux and the developer provided us some keys to throw at you.

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell, the rather good speed running game has been updated for you to make your own levels and you can download them from the Steam Workshop now too.

The 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee has a confirmed launch date of April 11, 2017 and it will launch with Linux support.

Putty Squad, a platformer from 1994 which had a revamped version in 2013 looks like it's coming to Linux from Virtual Programming.

The developer of Super Rad Raygun sent in a key for me to check out their retro-inspired action platformer.

Best Buds vs Bad Guys is another game that has sadly seen a delay of the Linux version. I'm a little sour here since I funded it on Kickstarter (broke my own rule there!).