Montezuma's Revenge (2020)

Developer: Normal Distribution LLC
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure
Rating: 4.6 of 5, 89 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 2.1 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

Playing feels like navigating a retro arcade labyrinth with deliberate jumping and key-hunting, offering a gentle nostalgic challenge.

retroclassicplatformeradventurechallengingnonlinearcartoonyexploration

What players say

Players overwhelmingly praise it as a faithful recreation of the 1984 original, appealing mostly to those who played it on Commodore 64 or Atari. Many say it is still hard, and a few find the mechanics annoying and the updated graphics distracting.

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