It's been two years since the Unity runtime fee controversy sent shockwaves through the indie community, prompting a mass exodus to Godot and a re-evaluation of Unreal's accessibility. Today, in ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Nintendo was a trailblazer of the platformer genre, but violence has ...

Joshua Speer is a Staff Writer at DualShockers who has been covering games professionally since 2013, with a focus on indie games, retro games, platformers, deckbuilders, roguelikes, and Nintendo ...

Platformers have been around for a long time, going back to the earliest days of home video game consoles. As each new console generation came and went, developers produced some exceptional games, ...

Publisher Skystone Games and developer Streetlamp Studio have announced SlashZero, an anime-inspired side-scrolling roguelike action platformer coming to PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games ...

Looking at 2026, it’s going to be another big year for platformers. There are several prominent platformers coming out in 2026, and fans are sure to embrace the impressive variety of games on the ...

Check out this trailer for IGTAP: An Incremental Game That's Also A Platformer, a new... incremental game that is also a platformer! Complete platforming challenges to upgrade, so you can run the ...

One of the most important aspects for a 3D platformer to nail is making sure it feels amazing. Running around, jumping, climbing, diving, all of it should be a joy. You should be able to run and jump ...

Many modern action-platformers aspire to blend old-school ideas with new-school sensibilities, but few achieve the balance of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. It retains the pick-up-and-play accessibility and ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. During The Game Awards‘ Opening Act, the 30-minute pre-show before ...

The best platformer games are those that manage to challenge the player while still telling a compelling story. Platformers of this quality can be found in all sorts of interesting niches and ...