Fly Punch Boom is a ridiculous, cartoony, over-the-top Dragon Ball-esque flying fighting game. The unique gameplay is straightforward but very technical. And FAST. There are tense moments of survival, showy defeats, and more.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/fly-punch-boom
Sparklite is a nifty Zelda-esque roguelite. There's a variety of interesting items and a crafting system. Good graphics, solid gameplay.
https://www.gog.com/game/sparklite/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1260-CUSA13877_00-0000000000000000
Spitlings is a wild, challenging, multiplayer arcade game. Somewhat inspired by Pang, but really unique, with limited ammo and lots of weird mechanics. Lots of levels and unlockables and options and more. Crazy fun.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0977-CUSA16434_00-BASEGAME00000000
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/spitlings
Dandara is beautiful, challenging, and plays like nothing else. Bouncing around with no regard for gravity can be tough to get used to, but it's incredible. Not for everyone, but this is a really good game.
https://www.gog.com/game/dandara_trials_of_fear_edition
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2320-CUSA10749_00-DANDARALONGHATH1
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/dandara/
Shiftlings is a goofy co-op puzzle platformer. Playable solo, you must switch which character is inflated while they're tied together. It's very silly, but a lot more challenging than you might expect.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0002-CUSA01165_00-SHIFTLINGSSIERRA
Potata: Fairy Flower is an adorable adventure platformer. Cute graphics and great visual style meets challenging platforming and puzzles. Some great characters and thrilling bosses!
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1675-CUSA18840_00-SYPS4POTATAFAIRY
Lumini is a beautiful, relaxing flying adventure game where you control a swarm of pretty & delicate little alien bugs. You can split your swarm to solve puzzles, and each color of bug has a different ability. Enchanting.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1249-CUSA16989_00-0000000000000000
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/lumini-switch/
Slime-san is a unique, fun, challenging platformer with interesting & unusual mechanics and striking & strange visuals. Great game with a lot to do.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0825-CUSA08238_00-SLIMESAPS4SIEA00
Back to Bed, by Bedtime Digital, is a fairly straightforward game; a path-direction puzzle. But the game's presentation shines. A brilliant, beautiful, surreal experience. Cheap!
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/back-to-bed-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/308040/Back_to_Bed/
Chronology, also from Bedtime Digital, is a beautiful and fun puzzle-platformer adventure. A perfect execution of time-travel puzzle gameplay. And it just looks and plays great. Short but sweet. Cheap!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/269330/Chronology/
Figment is another great game from Bedtime Digital, a gorgeous, surreal action-adventure. While the combat is unremarkable, everything else about this game shines. Fantastic art and music and writing. Amazing.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/figment-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0810-CUSA14660_00-BEDTIMEDGFIGMENT
https://store.steampowered.com/app/493540/Figment/
A sequel to Figment is in development! You can play Figment 2: Creed Valley - Prologue right now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1502260/Figment_2_Creed_Valley__Prologue/
Also on sale is a bundle of the whole library of Bedtime Digital Games. Fantastic deal!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/680/The_Bedtime_Bundle/
Splasher is a fun, fast-paced platformer about fluids. Run, jump, bounce, and wall-run through levels while spraying the walls and enemies with different substances. Made with speedrunners in mind.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/splasher
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1309-CUSA06396_00-0000000000000000
https://store.steampowered.com/app/446840/Splasher/
Mr. Shifty puts you in the role of a powerful, punching, teleporting superhero in fast, risky, challenging combat. You die in one hit so you have to be clever and careful. Kinda like Hotline Miami. Very fun.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/mr-shifty
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor is .... an experience. And not an entirely pleasant one. But that's clearly intentional. It's also amazing, and features a city teeming with life, with loads of intricate detail. Feels very...real.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/diaries-of-a-spaceport-janitor/
The Little Acre is an amazing sci-fi/fantasy point-and-click adventure about re-uniting a family. Funny, heartfelt, cute, with amazing voice-acting, this could easily stand with the greats of the genre.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP4395-CUSA06501_00-THELITTLEACREUS0
https://store.steampowered.com/app/423590/The_Little_Acre/
OVIVO is a elegant & artistic platformer. But there's no jumping. Your only action is to switch into negative space and reverse gravity. This makes for unusual gameplay while you explore strange and beautiful black & white levels.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1675-CUSA15113_00-SYPS4OVIVO000000
Boulders: Puzzle is a challenging cube-rolling puzzle game. The stickiness mechanic creates very unique puzzles you'll really need to work at, and there's a level editor. In Early Access, and it shows (it needs work).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1492290/Boulders_Puzzle/
Ikenfell is amazing, beautiful, queer, unique, with great music....and I haven't played it yet 😅. So I can't exactly vouch for it personally. But I still think you should get it.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3864-CUSA23936_00-IKENFELL0000000A
Yono and the Celestial Elephants is an enchanting and friendly adventure game. Somewhat Zelda-esque, but simple and easy, it has delightful visuals and some surprisingly good writing.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/yono-and-the-celestial-elephants
https://www.gog.com/game/yono_and_the_celestial_elephants
https://store.steampowered.com/app/602430/Yono_and_the_Celestial_Elephants/
Mail Mole is an incredibly charming 3D platformer. It's just slightly different other games in the genre, but that's enough to be fresh, and the level design and graphics are great.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/mail-mole-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1273540/Mail_Mole/
Puddle Knights is a creative, charming, and very unique puzzle game. Help the nobles keep their feet clean. Tons of interesting puzzles with lots of clever mechanics.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/puddle-knights-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1180540/Puddle_Knights/
GoNNER is a quirky and tough action-platformer roguelite with unique style. Great visuals and some unusual mechanics. Chase that high score!
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2320-CUSA11628_00-ARTINHEARTGONNER
https://www.gog.com/game/gonner
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/gonner-blueberry-edition
Haven't played it yet myself, but GONNER2 is also on sale.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2320-CUSA23371_00-9326626054356868
https://www.gog.com/game/gonner2
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/gonner2/
Deleveled is a minimalist puzzle-platformer with no jump button. Instead you control two squares that bounce off each other. Tons of creative and challenging puzzles built around momentum, synchronization and DE-synchronization.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2199-CUSA17103_00-DELEVELEDNA00000
Monster Sanctuary is a monster training RPG with Metroidvania-style exploration. It looks great and plays well, very polished.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/monster-sanctuary-switch/
Yoku's Island Express is a beautiful, amazing, unique game. A pinball metroidvania on a tropical island, where you play as a bug postman. The graphics are great, the gameplay is good. This game is fantastic.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/yokus-island-express-switch/
I and Me is a control-two-characters-at-once puzzle platformer. Very familiar territory if you play lots of puzzle games, but it's still good. And it's also very cute.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/i-and-me-switch/
Mushroom Heroes is a puzzle-platformer inspired by the classic Lost Vikings. Just like in the SNES game, you control three characters with different abilities and must use them all to reach the end of the level. Not very original, but fun and interesting.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/mushroom-heroes-switch
Spy Chameleon is somewhat silly and fun stealth game. The color-changing mechanic is interesting and works well, even if it isn't groundbreaking or wholly original. Lots of level variety and extra challenges and such.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2632-CUSA05722_00-UPSPYCHAMELEON01
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/spy-chameleon-switch (not as cheap here)
Type:Rider is a simple but fun rolling platformer that is also an exploration of the history of typography. The gameplay is straightforward, but the visual details and history are really interesting.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/typerider
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1309-CUSA04026_00-TYPERIDERPS4SCEA
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is a super-fast paced, first person platformer in hell with weird abilities and power-ups. Crazy, fast, and fun.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0825-CUSA08828_00-SEUMSRHPS4SIEA00
A Fold Apart is a sweet puzzle game that tells the story of a long distance relationship. The puzzle mechanics of folding are really creative and neat, even if they aren't that challenging. And the story is just wonderful.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1184-CUSA19327_00-LL9QDQ41J80WBI7M
Spiritfarer is... amazing. Poignant, soft, compelling, touching, interesting, silly, playful, creative, and more. It's not the kind of game I usually play. But when I tried it I was instantly hooked.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2388-CUSA20182_00-0000000000000000
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/spiritfarer/
Ageless is an incredible and difficult puzzle-platformer like nothing else. The aging/de-aging mechanic is so unique and creative. A little awkward at times, and the visuals could be better, but it's still amazing.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/ageless-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1210150/Ageless/
Ghoulboy is a pretty good classic Castlevania-style retro action platformer. Solid, challenging gameplay, good visuals with some neat options. Not *that* great, but pretty good. Cheap.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/ghoulboy-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3686-CUSA14000_00-GHOULBOYDSGPS4US/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/752500/Ghoulboy__Dark_Sword_of_Goblin/