What are the best 2D Mario games? We rank every side-scrolling platformer in the Nintendo mascot's history. Super Mario’s 40-year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little ...

Onikura is a 2D platforming boss-rush action game built around lightning-fast slashes and surgically precise parry actions. Every clash is a battle for survival—attack, parry, heal, and consume souls ...

Haunted Lands is a retro-inspired side-scroller with absolutely brutal difficulty. If you need a challenge, play it.

The Thursday letters page is worried about what Epic Games’ layoffs mean for the rest of the industry, as one reader takes ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...

Mohsen Baqery is a Staff Writer at GameRant based in Turkey. He mainly covers video game news and industry features while occasionally publishing guides and listicles. Mohsen started his journey into ...

Nicholas Turner is a writer on Game Rant. He’s also an avid consumer of comics, film, TV, theater, and—of course—video games. Struck by an affliction for loving stories as a young whippersnapper, ...

Ninja Gaiden fans are feasting in 2025. In addition to January’s surprise-dropped Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and a proper, long-overdue sequel in Ninja Gaiden 4 coming this fall, there’s a new 2D platformer ...