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2018USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable79 % positive8.19 €

Flashback is the remake of the 1992 classic: a cinematic sci-fi platformer with fluid, rotoscoped-style animation, hand-drawn backdrops and an agent trying to recover his lost memory. Precise jumping, shooting and light puzzles define the experience.

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  • Sci-fi setting
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Shooting and gunplay
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Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition

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2011USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified85 % positive9.99 €

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An iconic, minimalist sci-fi adventure: you are stranded on an alien planet as a scientist and survive without a word of dialogue through puzzles, precise jumps and desperate escapes. The anniversary edition adds reworked visuals that you can switch back to the original look at any time.

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Lunark

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A cinematic 2D platformer in the spirit of classics like Another World and Flashback, with fluid rotoscope-style animation and a sci-fi tale spanning alien ruins and futuristic cities.

Blackthorne

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A grim cinematic platformer in the vein of Prince of Persia: as Kyle Blackthorne you climb, take cover and shotgun your way through mines and fortresses on the planet Tuul. Precise timing, cover-based gunfights and light puzzles define its unforgiving pace.

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty

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A remake of the classic Abe's Oddysee in which you play Abe, an enslaved Mudokon sneaking and puzzling through a sinister meat factory, rescuing fellow workers via the GameSpeak system. Dark humor and a quirky world define the precise 2.5D platforming.

Impossible Mission

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A 1984 classic in which you play a secret agent searching rooms of Elvin's fortress for puzzle pieces, dodging robots and racing the clock to stop a missile launch.

Black Mesa

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A loving fan-made remake of the original Half-Life: as Gordon Freeman you fight through the disaster at the Black Mesa research facility, with rebuilt levels, new voice acting and music. Classic first-person shooter action with alien fights, physics puzzles and the extended Xen finale.

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus

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A quirky puzzle-platformer where Abe sneaks, possesses enemies and uses GameSpeak to rescue enslaved Mudokons. Dark humor and an odd industrial dystopia meet unforgiving, trial-and-error puzzles.

Planet Alpha

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An atmospheric 2D platform adventure on an alien planet where you shift the time of day to solve puzzles and slip past dangerous creatures. Striking colors and wordless storytelling define the experience.

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

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A helpless Mudokon slave escapes a grotesque meat-processing plant using cunning, chanting and possession instead of weapons, rescuing fellow workers along the way. Its blend of black humor, punishing puzzle-platforming and striking art makes it a cult classic.

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