3D Platformers are back! - 2025 & beyond

[@zockrateslaboratories]

Hey, thank you so much for including Ruffy and the Riverside! Total honor to be among your delicate selection 😀✊

[@wormicular]

super excited to play it! have had it on my wishlist since early last year!

[@zockrateslaboratories]

@ well worth the wait I‘d say! We put in much more puzzles and new animations since then. Glad to have you onboard😀🙌

[@ArksideGames]

No way :D are you the developer? The game looks so good, lol. I never cared that much for 3D platformers, but the characters and the mechanics makes me want to try it.

[@zockrateslaboratories]

@@ArksideGames Great to hear, hope you'll enjoy it. It really took a while to bring this world to life, must be thousands of drawings by now.

[@basketballplayer51]

Wird geil

[@lukec5703]

'Yellow Taxi goes vroom' is actually soooo good,Mario 64 with crazy taxi arcade like driving.

[@ClemmyGames]

mm

[@slowchrno]

Never clicked so fast in a video before. Felt like you made the video I always wanted. Awesome Clemmy!

[@ClemmyGames]

Glad you liked it!

[@YourAverageNiche]

"Ruffy and the Riverside" is definitely the highlight for me. Looks like it would be a real blast! "Screenbound" is quite a fresh idea but to label it a 5D Platformer put a smirk on my face xD

[@ClemmyGames]

hell yeah

[@justsophia22]

Several of these have been on my wishlist for ages, safe to say 3D platformers have a special place in my heart 💜 Screenbound, Gecko Gods, Egging On, Ruffy and the Riverside, Hela, I Am A Caterpillar, and the Big Catch have me so excited for another year of awesome indies 🎉

[@ClemmyGames]

thanks for you for wishlisting! Hope they launch soon

[@Myilnet]

Hey, thank you so much for featuring my game Spherebuddie 64. I never expected this😇

[@ClemmyGames]

🫡Hope it helped!

[@jurtheorc8117]

Ruffy and the Riverside has my attention the most, but Project Tides stands out to me now as well. A Webbing Journey seems sweet and Screenbound seems interesting. Hope that those games and The Big Catch will be able to cast a wider net through videos like these!

[@ClemmyGames]

great picks

[@drstclair]

The Toree Saturn demo was so good.

[@ClemmyGames]

must play

[@BenjaMage]

A thing to note for Electrokinetic (#17 in this video), it's being made by Rittzler, the same developer as Pseudoregalia.

[@ClemmyGames]

Ah yes. Should have mentioned that

[@scruffyhawk2775]

I do recommend The Big Catch: Tacklebox, as I just finally 100%'d it. It is a more challenging game with its platforming (a sprinkle of Getting Over It with the risk of needing to backtrack from a fall), but I still was proud of myself with finally getting to overcome each obstacle and master the movement.

[@silverdededestruction2197]

I feel iffy on the game Devs since I recall their fetish being exposed online

[@ClemmyGames]

mmhmm, and for FREE! insane

[@spence6195]

I bought a new PC just to play all the amazing Indie games 🥰

[@ClemmyGames]

good

[@adamluther5836]

Screenbound doesn't seem like the most exciting idea as-is, but the mechanics behind it looks like an incredible idea, one that would translate EXTREMELY well to Metroidvanias, or even to many horror games as well.

[@ClemmyGames]

Yeah I can see that

[@ArksideGames]

Ruffy looks absolutely incredible 🤣🤣

[@ClemmyGames]

it does!

[@shouliest]

#23 Toree Saturn and #5 Rollin' Rascal are looking good...

[@ClemmyGames]

hell yeah

[@senseoffender9655]

I keep discovering little gems through your videos for years now. Never heard of slime san but it looks like something i'd love to play!. thank you!

[@ClemmyGames]

Do it! It’s great

[@csidesummit]

The thing with Yooka-Laylee. People signed up for it, yes. But I strongly suspect they were viewing the past through rose-colored glasses. A lot of our old favorites just aren't as fun as they used to be. Or maybe as we thought they were.

[@ClemmyGames]

Fair enough

[@Ganmue]

These are so adorable. Many of them were already on my wishlist, but I have to give props to you giving a specific shoutout to them. This channel is such a blessing, thank you for your constant work!

[@ClemmyGames]

Hope it helps the devs

[@Ganmue]

@@ClemmyGames From what I've talked with them, it absolutely does. Many indie devs either don't know how to market and advertise their games, or can't afford it, so these shoutouts absolutely boost their numbers

[@wormicular]

Orbo's Exodus is going to be so good. Play the first game if you haven't! Short but amazingly sweet.

[@ClemmyGames]

exactly

[@jordantolliver6663]

saw the title, and i dont think ive clicked a video so fast before. Banjo-Kazooie(And tooie) are in my top 5 of all time. Looking forward to some of these!

[@ClemmyGames]

NICE

[@frankgrimito5821]

Me trying to see a console game here: 💀👴🏻

[@ClemmyGames]

ah, most indies are PC first, then if they do well they get ported!

[@frankgrimito5821]

I'm a simple but smart man, I see Toree, I instantly click. 🚬🗿

[@ClemmyGames]

IYKYK

[@masterofdoom5000]

As soon as we get ACTUAL gameplay of Project Tides I think I'll be convinced.

[@ClemmyGames]

fair enough

[@keeganmcfarland7507]

Triple AAA companies: Dosen't give a shit about 3d platformers anymore because they care about Photo-realistic graphics, micro transactions/loot boxes, 1st/3rd person, open-world/battle-royal, and money. Indie/AA game developers: Fine, I'll make a 3d platformer by myself.

[@ClemmyGames]

Mario and astrobot though

[@zydian_]

Now THIS is a video title I get all hyped for!

[@ClemmyGames]

yay

[@Key019]

Get Tilted :) and Egging On remind me of I Am Fish Electrokinetic is like if somebody took Infinite Mario 64 and made it a full game with Roguelike mechanics.

[@ClemmyGames]

Yeah!

[@Ragingspoon]

Screenbound looks very interesting although perhaps to mind bending for myself. Its interesting application of mechanics is what I traditionally appreciate from indie games although thanks to the continued general failure of AAA and large diminishment of AA games indies have done a lot to fill in the spaces they left as well. Not an Indie game but for 3d platformers Astro bot is one of the best imo if only more in whimsy, general design, polish and creativity within an established mold. Not a game if you are looking for high challenge or truly mold breaking stuff though.

[@ClemmyGames]

game industry is kind of cyclical if you think about it

[@travelfix86]

Project Tides seems promising

[@ClemmyGames]

For sure

[@roeyk7409]

Can you do video with only 3D games? Like how you do for pixel art? Only if you want to of course 😅

[@ClemmyGames]

🤔

[@Kaitri]

Im really looking for a goofy collectathon like banjo tooie man

[@ClemmyGames]

I can see that happening

[@Kio_Kurashi]

Screenbound is pretty cool for an idea. Execution though I'll have to see after playing it.

[@ClemmyGames]

yeah!

[@cajonesalt0191]

Hela has mad Secret of Nimh vibes.

[@ClemmyGames]

i can see it!

[@ichrastegleichauslol]

hello best indie games, can you make another, "upcoming RPG" or some good rpgs that maybe released? i think the las video was 5 months old. maybe nothing really released or is coming in that regard i dunno.

[@ClemmyGames]

in the works

[@texus835]

What I'm missing in such games, that you maybe even encounter a human once or something in those games.

[@ClemmyGames]

why do you need to have a human?

[@texus835]

@@ClemmyGames It can be pretty empty and weird in rare chases, when there is suddenly never someone. Also I like stories and everything because of that i probably would like to see reactions from those characters. I can't write more, i don't fully remember what game it was.

[@ichrastegleichauslol]

wouldve wishlisted "i am caterpillar" cant tho, not available in my region, probably didnt apply for agerating, bummer. 😂 dayum nice a new "orbo's" game :D at least something to look forward to :)

[@ClemmyGames]

ah right, still not resolved eh?

[@TrueRandomization]

I love spiders

[@ClemmyGames]

ok