10 Best Team 17 games, ranked

Founded in late December 1990 in the UK, Team 17 is one of the oldest game developers and publishers th🐬at is still active today. They have released all kinds of games across several decades. But which might be the best Team 17 games of all time? We list our favorites in this ranking.

Which are the best Team 17 games?

Team 17 managed to get through the 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit eras unscathed, and thꦅe company is still releasing quite successful and memorable titles today. We have thirty-five years of games to go through, so there are definitely a lot of games that have been forgotten and, perhaps, justly so. But which ones might still be worth taking a look at? Here are our picks.

10. Yoku’s Island Express

Among the many early games released in the first year of release of the Nintendo Switch, Yoku’s Island Express probably stands alone as being one of the most unique. In a refreshing blend of pinball mechanics and platformers (and no, this is not Sonic Spinball luckily…), the player controls the super cute bug Yoku, guiding them through obstacles and challenges.

Thanks to clean graphics, infectious music, and gameplay mechanics which can be quite easy to pick up and play but also difficult to master, this is still one great Switch 𝄹title to pick up on the eShop. Perhaps might be time for a sequel on the Switch 2?

9. Going Under

There is nothing worse than being an intern, feeling like you’re just being used for the most menial and degrading tasks in the office, when you are actually there to learn. Developed by Aggro Crab, Going Under takes that disquieting feeling and bಌrings it over to a zany and quirky Diablo-like dungeon crawler. Make your way through the remains of failed startups, dating sites, and cryptocurrency.

Along with a unique art style plus an original theme, Going Under also features perfectly functiona꧑l and engaging combat mechanics, with a little bit of roguelite thrown in for good measure. The jokes might definitely be hit or miss, with several misses, but they never ruin the atmosphere or get in the way of the gameplay.

8. Stunt GP

Unjustly forgotten today, this Dreamcast and PC game, along with its often-forgotten PlayStation 2 port, was released at the worst possible time. In 2002, the craze of the alternative racing game (remember POD, Rollcage, Wipeout 2079, etc?) was slowly dying. Therefore, it got quickly lost in the superabundance of games, but that was a fate it never really deserved. With twenty-four 🐬different tracks to perform some deadly stunts on, this was one quite seriously fun experience, despite its 💯overall brevity.

Developed by a small team inside Team 17, this was one of their last hurrahs before transitioning to being mostly a publisher of games developed by other teams. Simple to pick up and play, and highly recommended for its co-op split screen mode. To make matters worse, today Stunt GP is quite difficult to easily picꦇk up and play along with being unavailable 🎐on any official digital storefronts.

7. Superfrog

In the wake of the launch of Sonic the Hedgehog and its quick rise to glory, along with that of the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, many home computers were watching in jealousy. But it was most definitely the Amiga to receive the most 2D platformers after 1991, with Superfrog by Team 17 probably being one of the few 🗹that still stands the test of time.

Control a frog with superpowers that can also fly, through the use of power-ups like wings, plus speed up or down by ingesting pills. Classic 2D platformer gameplay that has aged quite gracefully. The game was remade in 2013 in an HD version which used to be available on Steam but has been since delisted. At this point, there is sadly no legal way to play Superfrog.

6. Alien Breed

Part Gauntlet, part unofficial Aliens-tie in, Alien Breed was the first big hitter by Team 17 and one of the reasons the company was put on the map back in the Amiga days. With a top-down view of the action gameplay and a thick atmosphere with no music but only foreboding sounds of machinery, Alien Breed presented quite a unique experience for the eꦰarly 90s.

The original was quickly followed by several other titles, such as Tower Assault. While the second game maintained the same gameplay as the original, the third went full-on 3D, a classic FPS and alien-hunting experience. The game was also rebooted in the early 2010s, making it another trilogy, this is more complicated than Star Wars at this point! But if you want to know where it all began, there is no better starti💜ng point than this suspenseful action game.

5. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

While the original Yooka-Laylee title was a quite competent attempt to bring back that classic late 90s 3D platformer crazy, the sequel went one step beyond. Keeping that same level of high challenge, Impossible Lair brings 🍷the player a quite tasty mix of having to achieve specific goals in levels, sometimes quite different from simply completing them, while collecting abilities that will ♏change how the levels actually work.

Impossible Lair closely follows the style of classic 2D platforms of the past, not a coincidence that part of the team worked on the Donkey Kong Country series. If you were ever a fan of the genre, you will find a refreshing💃 take and an all-new difficulty to try to deal with.

4. Overcooked

One of the first great original games that brought back the classic co-op experience, Overcooked brings two (or more) chefs to a selection of completely wacky kitchens where they will have to fight against all types of obstacles and challenges to bring patrons their precious food. Try not to fall into lava, avoid the ice and try to slice those ca𝔍rrots and onions as fast as possible.

The single-player mode still exists, but this time we wouldn’t recommend it. Despite the existence of a sequel of the bigger and better variety, ten years down the (kitchen) line Overcooked will still bring that same joy to whoever decides to sit down on the couch and play. Now that’s one kind of nostalgia we can all agree on.

3. Dredge

In the depths of the sea, no one can hear you scream, but they can definitely hear your boat creaking as it desperately tries to escape a huge monster in the fog. Behind the cozy face of a nice little fishing game, Dredge hides the soul of one of the scariest horror games released in the last few years. During the day, simply go ahead an♌d sell your fish to the local marketplace to buy upgrades for your boat, but then when the sun sets, get ready to be careful of what is lurking in the dark.

In the stillness of the night, your boat will have to deal with Eldritch horror hiding in the dark and foreboding fog. This is not a full-on horror experience, as there are no jumpscares, instead the game brings a strong sense of dread. With five islands to explore, plus even more through its different DLCs, the simple gameplay loop of Dredge will live on in many players’ minds.

2. Blasphemous

Sometimes, it’s not easy to explain what a game does superbly right, since it does not really reinvent the wheel. Indeed, Blasphemous, developed by the Spanish team The Game Kitchen, is a classic side-scrolling 2D action game. Kill enemies,ꦇ gain new powers, unlock new places to go, anꦉd dispose of huge and scary bosses. So far, there would be really no reason to explain its second position.

But thanks to its atmosphere, the writing, the music, and the way it beautifully incorporates religious symbols from Catholicism while exposing the horror beneath, Blasphemous stands apart from all of its﷽ peers. Almost six years later, and after a perfectly competent sequel, it still stands supreme as one of the best examples of the genre.

1. Worms Armageddon

If anyone has heard of the name Team 17 then they are also probably aware of Worms. The series is one of the most representative of the early days of the co-op era, before the internet, where friends would play one against the other trying to make their worms team go boom. Among the many games in the series, Armageddon still𒆙 r🃏emains to this day, one of the best examples.

By allowing incredible customization, from the flag to the sound effects of each worm, along with presenting very entertaining game modes and ultra-wacky scenarios, Armageddon provided something for everyone to enjoy. Even in single-player, it was a perfectly acceptable experience, and nobody would recommend playing Worms on your own! Sadly, the series then lost its way after 2003. If you have to play one Worms game today, bring your post-apocalypse to the field and joi🍷n the wormy army.