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Absence of Light $9.99
"Absence of Light" is an exploration based shoot 'em up that combines intense bullet-dodging combat with a metroidvania-style level design. Solve, shoot, and shine your way through the kingdom of Luminara and reawaken the light!
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Skjoldur Story$14.99
In this lighthearted pastoral adventure, explore a vast and whimsical world, confronting dangers in whichever order you choose using nothing but a magical shield.

Pronty$17.99
Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.

Tetron$5.99
Tetron is a 1-bit, top down, atmospheric, twin stick action roguelite with a unique perk based upgrade system, a wide variety of enemies, depthful combat, and distinct procedural levels.

Astrotester$0.99
Astrotester is an adventure with action elements. Complete tasks at various locations-levels. Fight against the dominant forces of the Stream and hostile creatures. Learn more about the world of the Star Network.

Drilly Willis$7.99
Drilly Willis has a drill for a head and mad guitar skills. Save music for eternity by fighting your enemies with a one-of-a-kind drillhead weapon, jam songs on your guitar to grant special powers and abilities, and explore an interconnected world of bizarre creatures!

Rogue Sentry$7.99
Rogue Sentry is a difficult twin-stick adventure shoot-em-up about a sentry droid who turns rogue to save humanity.

LUMbA: HANGOVER$4.99
Experience the thrilling aftermath of Lumba's crusade in LUMbA: HANGOVER! The substance has spread to four new victims, led once again by Pal. Together, they will engage in a doomed campaign across their world in this fast-paced, top-down shooter.

MF-01 Aerostrike$5.99
A Tactical Shmuplovania. Aerostrike combines elements from Metroidvania, Bullet Hell, and Shmup genres. Take flight in the MF-01 Aerostrike, explore a large underground base, battle against squadrons of hostile ships of all shapes and sizes, and find a way to escape alive.

Endoparasitic 2$11.99
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.

Zolg$0.99
Zolg is a minimalist top-down shooter where you explore, fight enemies, collect powerups, and defeat bosses.

Watchlist$1.99
Accused of committing a crime affecting the nation's security, you are now tasked with tracking down various undesirables in order to redeem yourself in the eyes of the powers that be. Blast through procedurally generated levels and complete the Watchlist in this retro arcade shooter!

Mage$2.99
Dungeon exploring Wizard action! Learn spells, defeat bosses and escape the evil in this 2D metroidvania.

The Lost and The Wicked$9.99
The Lost and The Wicked is a Brutal Twin-Stick Psycho-Thriller. After a shipwreck you wake up in a wicked world with no memory of who you are. Fight through hectic gameplay with a unique grunge art style and original 2+ hour soundtrack as you discover your past and what you did to end up here.

Escape Zolstar$2.99
Escape Zolstar is a metroidvania where you explore, collect powerups, fight enemies, and defeat bosses.

Haiku, the Robot$19.99
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.

A Way To Die$6.31
Enter the human body with A Way To Die! Play as a disease that attempts to infect its host by contaminating organs and mutating! Discover new ways to win every time you play with all the different diseases!

Aeternum Vale$3.99
“Aeternum Vale” is a weird atmospheric Metroidvania set in a cryptic open-world full of dangers, mysteries, and odd characters. Make friends & slice your way through this out of time realm in a infinite quest to save your soul… or give it away?

RD Mars$4.99
A top-down and dream-filled shooter with a story that demands to be told.

In The Valley of Death -Prologue-$3.99
In the Valley of Death is a color-based hack and slash twin-stick shooter, where the player controls Red and Blue as they dash, slash, and shoot their way through challenging levels as they attempt to make it to the Valley of Death.

Trigger Witch$14.99
Trigger Witch is a 2D, twin-stick, action/adventure game set in an odd open world where magic is mundane, but firearms are the new unknown! You are Colette, and as you graduate from the Stock, a curious man invades your world... Welcome to the world of Witchcraft and Triggery!

Ebenezer and the Invisible World$19.99
Embark on a story-rich 2D Metroidvania adventure with breathtaking hand-drawn art, playing as miser-turned-hero Ebenezer Scrooge in a reimagined Victorian-fantasy based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, A Christmas Carol. Enlist the help of ghosts to save the people of London before it’s too late.

QUADBOTS: THE RISE OF CHRONO$4.99
Embark on a cosmic quest to retrieve shattered NOVANGEL orbs, conquer colossal guardians, and ultimately defeat Chrono. Dive into an action-packed adventure with epic battles and a gripping storyline.

Road To Salvation$7.99
Road to Salvation is a stylized action adventure game set in the 80s. As a result of the chaos and gangs that arise as a result of a spreading virus, your wife dies and your daughter is kidnapped. Throughout the journey, you will be trying to find out who kidnapped your daughter, where and why.

Lost in Darkness$7.99
Lost in Darkness is a 3D top-down horror action game set in the snowy Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Deep in the Moroccan countryside, you are a Royal Gendarmerie motorcyclist who finds himself stranded alone in the woods while investigating the disappearance of a patrol car.

Secrets Under EcoFREE
Explore Melior's military base in Secrets Under Eco; a 3D FPS pure metroidvania experience. Find equipment and fight enemies with unique wall-bouncing combat to escape the building and country that was once called home.