Underplayed Gems

Only Way is Down (2025)

Only Way is Down cover
Developer
Jilted Generation Productions
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation
Rating
3.4 of 5, 200 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.2 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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The catalog in 3D

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How it feels

A tense and punishing precision platformer where you control a cute cat navigating precarious heights with nerve-wracking leaps and physics-based movement.

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What players say

Players praise the ragdoll cat physics but nearly all hit a difficulty wall in chapter 2 after a long checkpoint-free stretch. Some find it harder than Stretcher Men or Hans Pogo Stick, and many quit there even on casual mode.

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