Drinkbox Studios
PlayStation 4 | Steam
Director: TBA
Guacamelee! 2
Death’s Gambit
White Rabbit
PlayStation 4 | Steam
Director: Jean Canellas | Alex Kubodera
Dead Cells
Motion Twin
PlayStation 4 | Steam | Switch | Xbox One
Designer: Sébastien Bénard et al.
Chasm
BitKid
PlayStation 4 | Vita | Steam
Director: James Petruzzi
La-Mulana 2
NIGORO
Steam
Director: Takumi Naramura
Yoku’s Island Express
Villa Gorilla
PlayStation 4 | Steam | Switch | Xbox One
Director: Jens Andersson | Mattias Snygg | Linus Larsson
Dandara
Long Hat House
iOS | PlayStation 4 | Steam | Switch | Xbox One
Director: João Brant | Lucas Mattos
Iconoclasts
Konjak
PlayStation 4 | Steam
Director: Joakim Sandberg
The Mummy Demastered
WayForward Technologies
PlayStation 4 | Steam | Switch | Xbox One
Director: Austin Ivansmith
SteamWorld Dig 2
Image & Form
3DS | PlayStation 4 | Switch | Steam | Vita
Director: Robert Olsén
Metroid: Samus Returns
MercurySteam
3DS
Director: José Luis Márquez Arroyo | Takehiko Hosokawa
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap
Lizardcube
PlayStation 4 | Steam | Switch | Xbox One
Director: Omar Cornutt
Hollow Knight
Team Cherry
Steam | Switch
Director: Ari Gibson | William Pellen
Rabi-Ribi
Kano-Bi
Windows
Director: Gema Yue
Axiom Verge
Tom Happ Studios
PlayStation 4 | Vita | Windows
Director: Tom Happ
Ori and the Blind Forest
Moon Studios
Xbox One
Director: Thomas Mahler
Rygar
Tecmo
NES
Director: Uncredited
Pharaoh’s Curse
Synapse Software
Commodore 64, Atari 800
Designer: Bob Connell | Steve Coleman
ROOTS: Feeling almost like a hybrid between Adventure, Venture, and Pitfall!, Pharaoh’s Curse sends players into a tiny looping maze comprised of 15 interconnected screens. Each screen poses its own specific challenge, including an angry mummy to avoid.
Pitfall!
Activision
Atari 2600
Director: David Crane
ROOTS: Taking the platformer beyond the single-screen jungle gyms of the Donkey Kong series, David Crane’s Pitfall turned run-and-jump action into a tool for navigating the vast virtual spaces we saw in the likes of Adventure and Zork, making it one of the most influential games ever.
Donkey Kong
Nintendo
Arcade
Designer: Shigeru Miyamoto
ROOTS: The Metroidvania term combines two concepts: Action games and RPGs. But it also merges two franchises whose — Metroid and Castlevania — that revolved around platforming action. And where would platformers be without the influence of Donkey Kong?
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