Flat Heroes

Incredibly fun Minimalistic game that will have you sweating tons and testing your reaction time but once you form your own solution, you feel incredibly satisfied and hop straight into the next challenge.

Flat Heroes has you playing as a simple block and then throws you into a box and says "can you last long enough?" as it throws enemies, obstacles or both towards you until the game says "alright you passed, onto the next one". You can Hop and you can Deflect, you also have a Dash but that's all the moves you get, everything else is pure skill and a test of your wits and reflexes. There are 10 base worlds with 15 levels each and you get to unlock the hero levels after beating some worlds which gives you over hundreds of levels to play. Each world introduces something new (either a threat or an obstacle) that you have to figure out how to maneuver around and at the end of each world you get to fight a boss as well which can range from pretty easy to very hard. The game is pretty tough if you're not very good at reacting fast and jumping around, I feel like the first 5 worlds are pretty decent in difficulty but after that it gets hard, the last world was very difficult and took me multiple tries just to complete one level and there were 15 of them. The final boss was almost impossible to beat alone and I feel like I only won because of pure luck, I think the concept of it was cool and interesting but the execution was not great since towards the end it became more tedious than challenging and quite unfair too. However, don't let what i said discourage you because this game has Co-op! Yes! You can play all the worlds with up to 4 people so if something is too difficult, try it out with friends! There is also a Survival mode and even a Versus mode if you don't want help from your friends and rather be enemies!

The game overall is pure fun, it feels like a party game if you play with tons of people and when you think about it, it can also pass as a horror game since all you do in each level is survive while it throws countless of things at you until you eventually perish (its like your own personal torture chamber). Get the game if you're looking for a challenging yet exhilarating time or if you want to play with buddies as well.

The physics are definitely sort of janky, but it's on purpose, and the levels are short enough that it more feels funny when you fail because your cube rolled weirdly and not frustrating. It's also definitely possible to get really good at the controls, so the weird controls just lead to a higher skill ceiling which is fun.
If you get easily irritated by randomness, and inprecise controls, then I suggest to stay away. Also the campaign mode has coop, but a lot of the time the levels are way easier solo, so if you're planning to buy the game for coop, I think you'd get most enjoyment out of the versus mode. Although again, if you're ok with randomness and many silly deaths, the campaign in coop is fun too.

Fun simplistic platformer with some really cool boss battle, some of the bosses are pretty challenging but the game is great overall.

Just started going through this game with my wife. It supports up to 4-players locally, and it's SUPER fun in co-op.
The controls are easy to pick up, and you can figure out the route you're supposed to take after a couple attempts. We've both had a ton of fun as even when one of us dies, the other can carry on the torch!... or die trying!!
We got through the first 3 worlds (each world being 9 or 10 levels + boss fight) pretty quickly, but I'm fairly experienced at platforming games. And the worlds are ramping up as time goes on, so I don't expect to keep breezing through them this easily.
I would say the $10 price tag is quite fair considering some of the other games I see going for more and delivering far less.
I highly recommend becoming a Flat Hero.

This is probably a best game ever made (in some sense). It's really simplistic, old school but it's brutal in difficulty, it's couch co-op, kids love it, we love it. It's just an amazing achievement in minimalistic perfection, truly.

Good, exciting, puzzling action game-play, but the controls are really hard to figure out - especially if you are not using a controller. My mouse suddenly stopped working, and I have yet to figure out how to access the "options" menu.
The interface could use a lot of work.

I've been looking for a new game to play co-op with my friends after we've gone through Just Shapes & Beats multiple times and this absolutely fills that same craving wonderfully.