Platformer Hidden Gems on Steam

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Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube QBEH-1 is an atmospheric 1st-person puzzle platformer that takes players on a quest through a series of divergent worlds. Each world is filled with new puzzles that require special cubes to solve as well as fun secrets to uncover. Includes a LEVEL EDITOR and STEAM WORKSHOP support!

Price -84% 1.64€
Rating 8.3
Release 15 May 2014
Chronology A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.

Price -90% 0.54€
Rating 8.3
Release 12 May 2014
The Last Tinker™: City of Colors The Last Tinker is a joyous action adventure and definitely no platformer, as there is no jump button. Koru, a boy from the slums of Colortown, must rise and stand against the Bleakness, a dark force intent on wiping out joy. Koru must use color and emotion to restore life to Colortown!

Price -98% 0.44€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 May 2014
Mechanic Escape In a world oppressed by ruthless machines, a stronghold full of die-hard TV-sets resists the persecution. Your lost friends and the lack of resources drive you to take action against the extinction. Brave the dangers and go find your comrades to rescue your species!

Price -89% 0.56€
Rating 8.1
Release 15 Apr 2014
T.E.C. 3001 Run, Rush, Haste, Burst Speed has never been pushed this far. Jump, Charge, Dodge, Slide You just slipped and got crushed! You can’t handle T.E.C 3001 yet… Try again until speed holds no secrets for you.

Price 0.59€
Rating 8.3
Release 11 Apr 2014
Escape Goat 2 Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.

Price -96% 0.41€
Rating 8.8
Release 24 Mar 2014
Cloudbuilt Rocket parkour your way through dizzying obstacles and lethal robot hazards, in this 3rd person action platformer with over 40 levels, and even more community levels.

Price -44% 10.73€
Rating 8.2
Release 20 Mar 2014
GIGANTIC ARMY Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.

Price -61% 2.34€
Rating 7.1
Release 06 Mar 2014
10 Second Ninja Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 05 Mar 2014
Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon Party Edition Join Shaun the Sheep and his friends Timmy and Shirley on this epic adventure journeying through caverns, the busy streets of London and through outer space all in search of the green grass of home. Now with new multiplayer modes, controller support, widescreen graphics and much, much more!

Price -85% 1.49€
Rating 9.0
Release 17 Feb 2014
Oniken: Unstoppable Edition When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.

Price -66% 1.73€
Rating 7.6
Release 05 Feb 2014
Tribloos 2 The Tribloos 2 is the sequel to the best-selling time management game, The Tribloos.Trey's village is under threat once more. Before there was only one storm to worry about, now there have been many and Matilda the dragon is being tired out trying to blow them all away!Can You Help Trey Save His Island?

Price -88% 0.48€
Rating 7.8
Release 30 Jan 2014
Signs of Life Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.3
Release 27 Jan 2014
Freedom Fall Freedom Fall is a diabolical down-scrolling platformer set in a prison tower so tall it touches the clouds. Presented with hand painted art, its old school vibe mixes with fast-paced free falling action and a story with both dark wit and heart.

Price -85% 1.35€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Jan 2014
Gunman Clive In the year of 18XX, the west is overrun by thugs and outlaws. A group of bandits have kidnapped Mayor Johnsons daughter and are spreading havok across the land. Only Gunman Clive can bring order to the west and save the girl!Jump and shoot your way across 16 diverse and challenging levels and fight massive bosses.

Price -50% 1.01€
Rating 8.3
Release 03 Jan 2014
Ballpoint Universe - Infinite Ballpoint Universe Infinite is a shoot-em-up adventure game featuring artwork entirely drawn in ballpoint pen. Explore immaculate worlds, discover the secrets of the doodles, and customize your Ink-Ship for battle! Press"Ballpoint Universe Infinite is too exuberant to ignore.

Price -89% 0.34€
Rating 7.4
Release 17 Dec 2013
Stick it to The Man! Hard hat tester, Ray, has a bizarre accident and wakes up with a giant pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain! With his awesome new powers he can read minds and change the world with stickers but he’s on the run for a crime he didn’t commit. Can you help Ray out of this sticky situation?

Price -76% 1.81€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Dec 2013
MURI MURI is a DOS-style shooter from Remar Games and Ludosity. Features PC Speaker sound and 16-color EGA graphics.

Price -89% 1.16€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Dec 2013
Oozi: Earth Adventure Oozi: Earth Adventure is a classic 2D platformer with old school gameplay - no puzzles, no punishment, just 100% pure classic platforming fun! Its most prominent features are HD visuals and beautiful hand-drawn art, but despite its visual style, it’s a good fit for all kinds of gamers!

Price -95% 0.50€
Rating 8.2
Release 05 Dec 2013
Mutant Mudds Deluxe Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun!

Price -76% 2.36€
Rating 7.1
Release 21 Nov 2013
A Walk in the Dark In this action platformer you play as a cat, Bast, running through a dark fantasy world. You’ll be running, jumping and sliding with smooth and precise controls designed to make you feel like a cat. But it wont be easy. In the dark you never know what lies in the shadows.

Price 6.89€
Rating 7.5
Release 07 Nov 2013
Knytt Underground The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

Price -90% 0.65€
Rating 7.9
Release 25 Oct 2013
Escape Goat Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help of a magic mouse friend, you can turn the tables on foes and use the environment to your advantage.

Price -61% 1.98€
Rating 9.0
Release 09 Oct 2013
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced platformer that will plunge you into the heart of two opposing worlds.

Price -90% 0.50€
Rating 7.7
Release 26 Sep 2013
Toki Tori 2+ Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island!

Price -92% 1.23€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Jul 2013
Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe The title says it all. Take one part falling block puzzle game, combine one part old-school platformer, add a couple thousand pixels, blend and serve. Why match colored blocks when you can just shoot the hell out of them? Your goal is to survive as long as you can. From celebrated indie developer Andrew Morrish and Adult Swim Games.

Price -18% 6.56€
Rating 8.4
Release 24 May 2013
Element4l Element4l is an immersive and experimental indie platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by Mind Tree.

Price -67% 2.63€
Rating 7.8
Release 24 May 2013
Ms. Splosion Man You got a problem? Yo, she’ll splode it. At the Big Science after-party celebrating the capture of Splosion Man, a spill of champagne shorts out the safety protocols on the splosionatrix and from it emerges Ms. Splosion Man. The latest creation from Twisted Pixel Games, the creators of Splosion Man, The Maw, and Comic Jumper, Ms.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 03 Apr 2013
Incredipede Grow arms and legs to transform into a snake, spider, butterfly, or fifty-legged horror - anything you can imagine. Control your creations in a fumblecore dash to solve each puzzle. Learn to swing through the trees, climb sheer cliffs, or even fly.

Price -96% 0.48€
Rating 6.9
Release 18 Mar 2013
Fly'N Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!

Price -92% 0.87€
Rating 8.1
Release 09 Nov 2012
Puddle Guide your puddle of fluid through a vast range of environments and puzzles!

Price -96% 0.33€
Rating 7.0
Release 09 Nov 2012
Cargo Commander Alone in space, light years away from your family, armed with only your Fistcannon™; you are Cargo Corps' latest recruit, a Cargo Commander.

Price -89% 0.57€
Rating 7.8
Release 01 Nov 2012
Fairy Bloom Freesia Take control of Freesia as she protects Lita Forest by beating the living daylights out of enemies invading the forest!

Price -94% 0.52€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Oct 2012
Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!

Price -94% 0.64€
Rating 8.6
Release 15 Aug 2012
Unmechanical A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!

Price -93% 0.71€
Rating 8.6
Release 08 Aug 2012
Noitu Love 2: Devolution A century after the legendary boy Noitu Love saved the world from the evil Darns, they rise again, but in a chaos of time-bending mayhem!

Price -5% 4.77€
Rating 8.6
Release 23 Apr 2012

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