Expelled (2017)

Developer: Whited43, Fantsize
Publisher: Conglomerate 5
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating: 2.9 of 5, 105 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 1.1 hours
Where to get it: Steam

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this Watch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

You control a rabbit in a retro-styled side-scroller with tough platforming and combat, balancing cute visuals with a difficult, story-driven prison escape.

retrochallengingfunnycutepixel graphicsside-scrollingstory-driventense

What players say

Players overwhelmingly call this an asset-flipped shovelware game with inconsistent hitboxes and poor controls. The art is described as uninspired, the music repetitive, and many obstacles look identical to decorations, causing unfair deaths.

Screenshots

More games like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.