BEST 2D Action Platformer Indie Games

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2D action platformers are one of THE classic genres in gaming, where indie developers are continuing that tradition in the modern era. so here are my picks of the BEST right now.
00:00 ► #15 Gun Devil : store.steampowered.com/app/12...
00:14 ► #14 Panzer Paladin : store.steampowered.com/app/97...
01:03 ► #13 Spark the Electric Jester : store.steampowered.com/app/60...
01:39 ► #12 MO: Astray : store.steampowered.com/app/11...
02:17 ► #11 Hell is Other Demons : store.steampowered.com/app/59...
02:44 ► #10 INMOST : store.steampowered.com/app/93...
03:37 ► #9 Bladed Fury : store.steampowered.com/app/92...
04:21 ► #8 THE ETERNAL CASTLE [REMASTERED] : store.steampowered.com/app/96...
05:03 ► #7 The Legend of Tianding : store.steampowered.com/app/14...
06:12 ► #6 Freedom Planet : store.steampowered.com/app/24...
07:05 ► #5 : store.steampowered.com/app/86...
08:06 ► #4 : store.steampowered.com/app/59...
09:00 ► #3 : store.steampowered.com/app/60...
09:46 ► #2 : store.steampowered.com/app/46...
10:37 ► #1 : store.steampowered.com/app/25...
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[@bhlakbatosai]

The Switch has been blessed the most with ALOT of Metroidvanias & pixel art games this console generation.

[@Baldur1005]

The Messenger should be here - it’s only half game that was metroidvania. The 8-bit part was pure perfection, for me one of the best boss fights ever done in platformer. +The music +The gameplay +The humor

[@tim0735]

I agree I don't even think of it as a metroidvania at all. it's such a perfect action platformer it should be in the top 3

[@freddhowerton1423]

The messenger is my favorite game hands down

[@rogue-like4life]

That game made me lol multiple times and the OST is top notch

[@pickleeggs3340]

I KNOW AND THIS MUTHAF PUTS THAT PANZER PALADIN BS GAME ON LIST😹

[@pickleeggs3340]

And those troll buns🤣

[@leogolive]

I’m 46 and grew up playing platform games in the 80s and 90s. I’ve been thinking about getting back into gaming and these games look fantastic!

[@ClemmyGames]

Wonderful. Indie games do like their throwbacks as well, BUT with modern polish so you may just find something to love.

[@churchboy8977]

gaming now is diffrent. too addictive if you dont have the required dicipline to control it so, careful

[@fatcat1250]

Gotta love videos where you can find games that are cool and go straight to steam to buy and play right away instead of waiting 2-5 years.

[@ClemmyGames]

Gotta mix em up!

[@isatche]

Huntdown is sooo good. It's perma-installed on my pc and no matter what I play, I come back to it.

[@ClemmyGames]

Oo nice

[@alexandreantunescosta6216]

The pixel art in this game is simply other level. I'm gonna definitely play it soon 😎

[@neloangelo8]

Mo Astray is a hidden gem, it's more serious than the character design of it's blob like protagonist leads you to believe! I got excited for a sec and thought you were recommending a sequel to it that I didn't know about! Especially because there was a small thing or two that was left open from the lore.......

[@Maxim.Nazarenko]

Another reminder for Katana Zero. DLC is coming.

[@CozyBloom]

I like the genre specific lists 👍 please more of those either in this year or in general, keep up the good work

[@blacksunshine7485]

I recently discovered your channel and I love all your recommendations as it seems we have very similar tastes. But on the flipside, I'm now dreading a notification from you as I know I'm gonna be spending a ton of money and will have to find the time to play these! Keep up the great work 👍

[@thebarbaryghostsf]

You were pretty spot on with the Eternal Castle, CGA graphics are what they are going for, and it was what most games looked like until EGA was invented around 1984. But even after EGA (and VGA/SVGA in '87), a ton of games still supported CGA graphics options. One of my favorite games from the CGA era was a title called "Alley Cat". Yes, I'm old.

[@ClemmyGames]

But a goodie 😉

[@funnylookingfoetus]

Katana Zero is seriously perfect. Loved every second of playing and finishing it.

[@WolfDawned]

Anddd we're gonna get a free dlc :)

[@chumbosaurio7099]

Excelente listado como siempre bro!

[@sha_ra_d]

GREAT CONTENT as always man! i love these video of yours keep making them. Love this channel. Thanks for existing!

[@Sam-Lawry]

Oh..Thanks ♡ I will check them. Now,I already have few neo retro games I didnt finished yet. But,always a pleasute to discover new stuff to keep these nostalgic hype feeling.

[@rogue-like4life]

As far as 2d side scrollers, I'm enjoying Huntdown and starting to get back into Dead Cells after taking a long break from it. I got Ziggurat 2 about a month ago and I've been super addicted to it... Probably the best FPS game I've ever played. Valfaris, both Bloodstained spin offs, Butcher, Death's Gambit, Not a Hero, Skul, Guacamelee 2, Gonner 2, Stryder, Broforce, and Risk of Rain are some of the best out there, and Freedom Planet is at the very top of the list

[@Baldur1005]

Broforce deserve a sequel

[@CENmassTER86]

Butcher is phenomenal..you get into like this crazy flow state playing that game

[@bome7sen]

man your tastes is epic i will try all this games

[@rogue-like4life]

@@bome7sen ❤️ I have my favorite moments of achievement uploaded to my channel too, FYI.

[@bome7sen]

@@rogue-like4life i will watch it 😇

[@alexandreantunescosta6216]

Nice to see a title from my country here: JoyMasher rules!!!! I played "Mo astray" too, and wow, this game is outstanding!!!

[@ClemmyGames]

Yeah! Love their pixel art!

[@commentarytalk1446]

Panzer Paladin looks amazing! Love the mecha combo with your own small character. Mo: Astray looks like silly putty/kirby - can't go wrong with being a "blob creature"! Inmost seems like a pixel-horror style of platform adventure. Great atmosphere of inky blacks and washed out greys. The Eternal Castle has that Another World (Éric Chahi) or Flashback retro graphic fidelity vibe mixed with something else to it. Amazing aesthetic they have cobbled together. Cyber Shadow is just awesome Ninja goodness with that pixel art. Huntdown has that Arcade feel where the machine is throwing enemies at you in hopes you'll mistep and have to quickly shove another coin into the game to get back up blasting enemies into mush again! Katana Zero looks like it has BRAINS as well as raw brawn and so no wonder it's highly rated:

[@thebarbaryghostsf]

That idea of the Mech and tiny pilot both being controllable, comes directly from Metal Warriors on SNES.

[@Laguna69]

Cyber Shadow is amazing!

[@ClemmyGames]

Good game

[@5000Rox]

Showing old amazing games like these it's a amazing idea since it shows some good games to people that don't know them..... Or remind some people of games they wanted XD. Keep up with the divercity :D I love it.

[@ClemmyGames]

Cheers 🍻

[@nictouris6054]

Great list. You sir have very good taste. I would personally add Owlboy for the art alone, though you may count it as a metroidvania

[@slaweklink]

Good list, I would add Velfaris here.

[@RockyVegaTV]

Might be one of your best lists ever, Clemmy.

[@ClemmyGames]

Cheers bud

[@travelfix86]

MO:Astray and INMOST are in my top best game of my life.

[@thebarbaryghostsf]

Panzer Paladin look a bit like an a 8-bit version of the classic Lucasarts SNES title: Metal Warriors.

[@ClemmyGames]

Oo yeah. I can see it

[@makie128]

I played both Inmost and Mo: Astray. While the gameplay can be difficult, the story is amazing. Both games are recommended for those that seek story-rich games.

[@Stanjara]

Story rich? Ok, I will check them out

[@travelfix86]

Totally agree 👍

[@wantsome-zs5sq]

Still waiting for a psychical release for Katana Zero and Cyber Shadow

[@CasepbX]

I recommend Tembo the Badass Elephant.

[@hellofdank9024]

ty for ur awesome videos always man

[@ezrapierce1233]

0:08 What the actual hell... Edit: I'm subbing.

[@ClemmyGames]

😂

[@axelpixel8590]

Amazing list as always😎 Greetings from Italy👋👋

[@ClemmyGames]

cheers

[@frankhoppe1834]

Some games are criminally underrated and often not shown in "best of" lists, even though they are great: Outland, Broforce, Flynn Son of Crimson, Valfaris - check them out, you will have a great time with them!

[@luispedroruizgarcia15]

i recommend Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2! Valfaris is another epic game!

[@userthomash]

A definitive list nice and broforce is sick

[@troublerest]

The Messenger should be on the list.

[@zombee38]

Indie Games saved gaming for me...!

[@pizzakidd]

Someday we will be on one of your lists... someday! 😅🍕🙏

[@ClemmyGames]

👌

[@freddhowerton1423]

Cyber Shadow is an amazing game!

[@88Opportunist]

I think I'd have taken Panzer Paladin out due to that save system and put in Kaze and the Wild Masks, but I guess it didn't really do well enough to appear on such a list.

[@ClemmyGames]

That was one I was mulling over. Maybe I'll revisit both the next time I revise this list

[@jrwhrwiutrwuitwiut]

Always nice seeing Freedom Planet.

[@user-iGb]

3:38 maybe you don't know but Bladed fury is available on android and ios

[@shinji-kaneda7911]

Eternal Castle is so good

[@ohnoitisnt666]

Clem - you forgot to put the word "Pixel Art" in the video title.

[@ClemmyGames]

XD

[@shibammitra6574]

I see Huntdown... I Click Immediately.

[@ChrisWolfe111]

Bladed Fury is on PS4 as well. Oniken is another good one.

[@ClemmyGames]

joymasher games are awesome

[@jonkrindz7934]

really im surprised.this list good

[@NeZversSounds]

Steel Assault also deserves to be on the list.

[@Reayashin]

Blazing Chrome should've been 2nd or 1st honesty despite the short arcade length, it has more tricks than Katana Zero.

[@daviddefortier5970]

More like this please! Im dead tired of metroidvanias & want more raw linear action like these titles.

[@TheLeetCasualGamer]

Bladed Fury is on Switch Don't know about the other platforms

[@Bradypodidus]

Love the Sekiro comparisson

[@ClemmyGames]

Mmhmm

[@KuanLiwat]

dude tNice tutorials is super good! subbed

[@ClemmyGames]

Thanks

[@YourAverageNiche]

Amazing list, however... I believe Cave Story should have been there instead of Inmost.

[@Maxim.Nazarenko]

I still haven't played Shovel Knight.

[@QTKT2323]

I myself only got it the other day and I can confirm it is definitely worth getting!!!

[@NicolasREVA7X]

M.O Astray is a brilliant game. Freedom Planet is neat too, but the camera was too close to the character and it gave me headaches, had to play it on windowed mode. And yeah, the top 3 are the best, my favorites of the genre, preeety amazing games, speciall Blazing Chrome.

[@ClemmyGames]

Sweet

[@mrgriboman371]

No Celeste? Maaan, it's such a gem of the industry

[@Alfa_Centauro]

No action there

[@mrgriboman371]

@@Alfa_Centauro yeah, my bad😅

[@ClemmyGames]

Yeah more Precison platforming for sure

[@timevalentime1806]

bladed fury is also on nintendo switch

[@MopedOfJustice]

No "They Always Run"?

[@rjwilliams4977]

I didn't like that game personally

[@aryudsoh]

Did you say Blazing Chrome is Contra Rogue Corps in all but name? You do realise that that game is a twin stick shooter so it's nothing like Blazing Chrome right?

[@ClemmyGames]

Whoops, my bad. I meant Contra: Hard Corps

[@SteveNaranjo]

#7 Legend of Tiading is available in Xbox too, just saying.

[@jaminstarz]

Don’t get me wrong Blazing Chrome is a great game but…. I would rather play Contra: Hard Corps for the Sega Megadrive

[@Bradypodidus]

Tianding is fantastic

[@gersonmanurung3879]

I can't believe it, no Bloodstained 2 on the list

[@loveordie4]

If you haven't bought Huntdown, do it!

[@ArioDragon]

Spark reminds me of Xenogunner...Tough i guess it's mostly the artstyle.

[@ClemmyGames]

I can see it

[@AntLeonardi01]

They ruined Hell is Other Demons in a recent patch by allowing you to aim up and down. It was great before that. Now they expect you to aim and move with the same stick and the controls are a nightmare.

[@ClemmyGames]

Oof. Thanks for the update. Not choice to switch it back? Maybe m+kb

[@AntLeonardi01]

@@ClemmyGames Nope doesn’t look like it. I thought the game was really unique forcing you to shoot only left and right (plus head stomps). Second playthrough a year later and they mangled the controls.

[@Guatdefunk]

😱 The eternal castle 😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@ClemmyGames]

YEAH

[@MiniGCJ23]

good games.

[@ClemmyGames]

yay

[@matheusphilipe8614]

Mó astray is bealtiful game

[@ClemmyGames]

it is

[@rengreed6816]

Bladed fury And mo

[@freemandot619]

IF Deadcell possible on mobile ? Then why indies Games DEV, make these games too?!

[@Lokenwar999]

Sparl the Electric Jester is amazing, better than Sonic.

[@Desh727]

VALFARIS

[@shionkreth7536]

Alright, now I know which part of 'Europe' your accent is from... lol 😅

[@gon-salis3008]

👍

[@JinCorporation.]

Check V

[@alexanderminkov4063]

Katana Zero best

[@rogue-like4life]

I really wish it was on playstation 😕👎

[@ShinAkuma]

How can you not include Dead Cells. It's one of the best games I've played in a very long time.

[@divineglitch9550]

Blazing chrome is too hard,

[@Dansen083]

No Valfaris?? And no Messenger??? Shame, Shame, Shame ;)

[@shionkreth7536]

Oooh, Valfaris looks pretty good. Is it super difficult?

[@Dansen083]

@@shionkreth7536 Yep, its really cool but also very difficult, I would say sometimes even Controller-Throwing so. I'm a huge Souls fan so for me this was no dealbreaker.

[@TrueInvisible]

games i grew up with were 3rd person 3D graphics overall, FPS games, puzzle games, retro games, bird's eye RTS games, mascot games, platformer games, racing, role playing, swords and magic play, logic play like chess and match 4, sport games football, and wrestling, fantasy set ups, card games, the only side srcroller games i ever played were the first sonic games, never played anything by nintendo at all, never played anything from microsoft either, hardest games i ever played weren't even by trashsoft. played a little bit of 2.5D but majority were 3D. so i am really very much indifferent towards pixel arts, and i see no beauty in metrovania games; i never played them, and not interested in them either. never played doom, or quake, never played as a racist american fighting germans in wolfenstien thus my brain is cleaned from the wester propaganda and brain washing. just recently tried out playing unreal tournament. grew up playing many single player games, then started to explore multiplayer games little by little, and every time i tried multiplayer games, i regretted it. tried build your base games the XXXX games eXplore, eXpand, eXploite, and eXterminate. played a few God games, stealth, sims, etc. never have i ever cared for overly inflated and too much famous games. most games i played were shared by word of mouth. and all of them were usually single player as well. so my preference for gaming is very much based on what i am used to.

[@vertigo1721]

Cyber shadow is mid in my opinion

[@Subninja2012]

2023 games shouldn’t look like they were made in 1993. It’s lazy.

[@papiloteBoy]

😂