Bat to the Heavens (2024)

Developer: ceroro
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating: 4.8 of 5, 410 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 12 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A cute but punishing climb where precise bat swings and wits carry you through atmospheric hand-drawn heights.

challengingprecision platformeratmosphericcutecolorfulhand-drawndeep movement

What players say

Players praise the unique bat-and-momentum movement as deeply satisfying once mastered, but the lack of a tutorial and any control remapping means getting there is punishing. Several complain that the combination of pixel-perfect timing, untelegraphed puzzle logic, and vanishingly few checkpoints makes it hard to tell whether failure is a skill issue or a design flaw.

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