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PlatformGame [[XMeetsY meets]] PuzzleGame.

A common Puzzle Platfomer form is having a player attempt to overcome obstacles and get to the exit in a series of rooms, often by use of a unique gameplay mechanic. Usually, the first few levels exist to demonstrate the various mechanics the game utilizes, then throwing him or her a few simple puzzles to show what the game is capable of, then requiring the player to think outside the box, requiring more and more creative thinking to reach the goal.

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Exactly what it sounds like.]] PlatformGame [[XMeetsY meets]] PuzzleGame.

A Puzzle Platfomer can take many forms, but they generally have two things in common: [[CaptainObvious Puzzles and Platforms]].

A common form is having a player get to the exit in a series of rooms, often by use of a unique gameplay mechanic. Usually, the first few levels exist to demonstrate the various mechanics the game utilizes, then throwing him or her a few simple puzzles to show what the game is capable of, then requiring the player to think outside the box, requiring more and more creative thinking to reach the goal.

Then, of course, they get trickier and trickier. This often tends to culminate in a good deal of frustration in most players. "Somebody must have messed up designing this game!" they think. "This is [[{{Unwinnable}} literally impossible]]!"

This is almost never the case.

* ''{{Lemmings}}''

* AndYetItMoves
* {{Braid}}
* TheCompanyOfMyself
* {{Karoshi}}
* {{Klonoa}} series
* {{Lemmings}}
* {{Limbo}}
* {{Lucidity}}
* {{Shift}}
* The Solomon's Key games
* SplosionMan
* TimeFcuk
* {{Trine}}
* {{VVVVVV}}

Related is a genre of puzzle games with selective gravity, wherein certain objects fall down and others (most notably the player character) don't. They can be seen as PuzzlePlatformer with a flying protagonist; exactly how puzzly they get depends on how many different objects exist. The genre launcher is ''BoulderDash'' (of which a ''huge'' number of freeware ports exist), and many games in the genre name themselves after a kind of gemstone, a kind of cave, or both.

* Repton

Then, of course, they get trickier and trickier. This tends to culminate in a good deal of frustration in most players. "Somebody must have messed up designing this game!" they think. "This is [[{{Unwinnable}} literally impossible]]!"

A common form is having a player get to the exit in a series of rooms, often by use of a funky gameplay mechanic. Usually, the first few levels exist to demonstrate the various mechanics the game utilizes, then throwing him or her a few simple puzzles to show what the game is capable of, then requiring the player to think outside the box, requiring more and more creative thinking to reach the goal.

They often get trickier and trickier. This tends to culminate in a good deal of frustration in most players. "Somebody must have messed up designing this game!" they think. "This is [[{{Unwinnable}} literally impossible]]!"

!!Examples
* And Yet It Moves

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* ABoyAndHisBlob

* {{Eversion}}

* The Solomon's Key duology

A common form is having a player get to the exit in a series of rooms, often by use of a funky gameplay mechanic. Usually, the first few levels exist to demonstrate the various mechanics the game utilizes, then throwing him or her a few simple puzzles to show what the game is capable of, then requiring the player to think outside the box, requiring more and more creative thinking to reach the goal. Often getting trickier to the point of causing immense frustration in players, "Somebody must have messed up designing this game!" they think. "This is [[{{Unwinnable}} literally impossible]]!"

A common form is having a player get to the exit in a series of rooms, often by use of a funky gameplay mechanic. Usually, the first few levels exist to demonstrate the various mechanics the game utilizes, then throwing him or her a few simple puzzles to show what the game is capable of, then requiring the player to think outside the box, requiring more and more creative thinking to reach the goal. Often getting trickier to the point of causing immense frustration in players, thinking "Somebody must have messed up designing this game, this is literally impossible!"

* The SolomonsKey duology

* {{Trine}}

Due to the simplicity of making such a game, a large number of them are [[IndieGame indie]] games or [[FreewareGames freeware]]/[[WebGames flash]] games.

* {{Trine}})

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin], PlatformGame [[XMeetsY meets]] PuzzleGame.

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