Badland

About

Badland is a side-scrolling action game where you guide a tiny creature through a forest that looks magical but is packed with deadly hazards. Each level throws shifting terrain, snapping plants, and physics-based traps at you as you dodge, jump, and think your way forward. The single-player campaign is a tense mix of reflexes and puzzle-solving while the multiplayer mode adds competitive chaos as you battle friends in arena-style matches. The game won multiple awards in 2013 for its clever use of motion-based controls and unpredictable level design. Its hand-drawn visuals create a eerie fairy-tale vibe that contrasts with the frantic gameplay. With over 100 levels and cross-platform availability on mobile and PC, it’s a short but sharp challenge that keeps players coming back for one more try. The physics-driven obstacles feel fresh even years later making it a standout in the platformer crowd.

Storyline

Badland is an award-winning atmospheric side-scrolling action adventure platformer set in a gorgeous forest full of various inhabitants, trees and flowers. Although the forest appears to be right out of a beautiful fairy tale, there’s something terribly wrong. The player controls one of the forest dwellers to find out what’s going on, and discovers an astonishing number of imaginative traps and obstacles on the way.