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A short, tough pixel art puzzle platformer in a dog's dream, where you play as a heroic dog trying to save its owner.

GOODBYE WORLD
A bittersweet three-hour puzzle platformer about two protagonists, told through 13 story chapters with beautiful pixel art.
2022-11-16
- Platform
- Puzzle

Adventure

Indie

Side view

Text

Drama

Visual Novel

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Moonleap

A ~4-hour puzzle-platformer about a moon boy recovering stars, where jumping flips day and night to transform the world.

2023-04-11

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Side view

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MO:Astray

A pixel-art side-scrolling action-platformer with mind-bending puzzles, special abilities, and a speedrun mode, offering a cute but occasionally frustrating 13-17 hour adventure.

2019-10-24

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

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The Bunny Graveyard

A short single-player pixel-art action-adventure set in a cozy garden, featuring a charming atmosphere and about three hours of story-driven play.

2023-09-22

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery

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Mimpi Dreams

A casual puzzle-platformer about a dog who pee-saves at checkpoints while exploring trippy dream worlds to rescue friends.

2016-03-22

Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie

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Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow

A single-player action-puzzle adventure through a dying man's subconscious, featuring a poignant ~5-hour story.

2023-06-14

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Stealth
Mystery

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As I Began to Dream

A hand-illustrated puzzle platformer following Lily through a dreamlike limbo as she processes grief, with world-rotating puzzles and a short ~5-hour campaign.

2025-11-19

Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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The Melty Way

A cute but punishing pixel-art platformer where a slime spends its own mass to move, with a short, rewarding run of roughly 2–5 hours.

2026-05-15

Action
Comedy
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

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The PARADOGX Incident

A challenging single-player puzzle/rhythm platformer about a dog collecting bones, with recursive puzzles and an adaptive soundtrack, clocking in around 3.5 hours for reviewers.

2026-03-10

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Strategy
Third person
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Open world
Mystery
Sandbox
Music

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Dog Adventure

A single-player side-scrolling platformer where a funny dog tackles brutally hard levels to get home, blending rage-inducing challenge with comedic music in a roughly one-hour experience.

2022-01-17

Adventure
Indie

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Pogui

A short, charming 2D platformer about a pug escaping a nightmare across five worlds, playable in about half an hour.

2026-02-25

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie

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Soul Astray: Outjump the Rapture

A contemplative pixel-art puzzle-platformer with a control-switching mechanic that demands precise jumps and dashes, delivering a compact ~2-hour single-player experience with several endings.

2026-04-07

Platform
Indie
Side view