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Genre: Cinematic Platformer

Group Description

Cinematic platformers are a sub-genre of platform games that attempt to combine traditional challenges of the genre with realistic structure and presentation. These games often feature puzzle-solving elements and setpieces, and play considerably slower than more "jump and run"-oriented titles. They avoid the abundance of power-ups and score-increasing items and instead emphasize the vulnerability of the protagonist, forcing the player to carefully plot every move (sometimes in a trial-and-error pattern) to overcome obstacles and avoid falling damage. Protagonists in cinematic platformers are normally realistically proportioned, with special attention paid to animation and precise acrobatic moves (climbing, hanging on ledges, rolling, etc.).

The genre was defined and popularized by Prince of Persia (1989). Other notable examples include French-developed platformers such as Another World (1991). Many of the genre's gameplay elements were carried over as it shifted to 3D. This group, however, only includes two-dimensional cinematic platformers, particularly because the line between various platform genres tended to blur with the advent of 3D.
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Game Titlesorted in descending orderYearPlatformPublisherUser Score
Oddworld: Soulstorm2021PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, WindowsOddworld Inhabitants Inc....
Little Nightmares II2021Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Xbox OneBANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc....
White Shadows2021PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox SeriesHeadup Games GmbH & Co. KG...
Unto the End2020Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox One, Xbox SeriesBig Sugar LLC...
Ministry of Broadcast2020iPad, iPhone, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, WindowsHitcents.com, Inc....
The Eternal Castle2019Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, WindowsTFL Studios, LLC...
Stela2019iPad, iPhone, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, tvOS, Windows, Xbox OneSkyBox Labs Inc...
The Way: Remastered2018Nintendo SwitchSONKA S.A....
Little Nightmares2017PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Xbox OneBANDAI NAMCO Games America Inc.3.72
Black: The Fall2017Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox OneSand Sailor Srl...
Deadlight: Director's Cut2016Gloud, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox OneDeep Silver3.38
The Way2016Linux, Macintosh, Windows, Xbox OneCode Horizon...
Inside2016iPad, iPhone, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox OnePlaydead ApS3.53
Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries2015WindowsGriN BVBA...
Feist2015Android, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, PlayStation 4, Tomahawk F1, Windows, Xbox OneFinji, LLC...
Never Alone (Kisima Innitchuna)2014Android, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Windows, Xbox OneE-Line Media3.57
Monochroma2014Linux, Macintosh, Tomahawk F1, Windows, Xbox OneNowhere Studios...
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee - New 'n' Tasty!2014Android, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Windows, Xbox OneOddworld Inhabitants Inc....
Flashback2013PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox OneUbisoft, Inc.3.70
Deadlight2012Windows, Xbox 360Microsoft Studios3.56
The War of the Worlds2011Xbox 360Paramount Digital Entertainment...
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition2011Android, Blacknut, Dreamcast, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Ouya, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Windows, Xbox OneDigital Lounge, The3.80
Limbo2010Android, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox 360, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Xbox OnePlaydead ApS3.69
Another World: 15th Anniversary Edition2007WindowsElektrogames Limited Company3.87
Cyberpunk: The Arasaka's Plot2007J2MEMayhem Studio...
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Selected Covers

Black: The Fall PlayStation 4 Front Cover 1st version
Front cover for Black: The Fall
Ministry of Broadcast Macintosh Front Cover
Front cover for Ministry of Broadcast
Unto the End Windows Front Cover
Front cover for Unto the End
Little Nightmares PlayStation 4 Front Cover
Front cover for Little Nightmares

Selected Screenshots

Splash screen
Screenshot from Black: The Fall
Title screen
Screenshot from Unto the End
Title screen
Screenshot from Little Nightmares
Main menu
Screenshot from The Way: Remastered
Game group created by Unicorn Lynx (181451), additional games added to group by POMAH (64621), krisko6 (824), Rik Hideto (450721), chromax (190), firefang9212 (75397), Meximagician (7), Invada, Sciere (769277), Alaka (84068), jean-louis (58847), robertmo, Pseudo_Intellectual (64030) and vedder (57071)
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