Underplayed Gems

Bat to the Heavens (2024)

Bat to the Heavens cover
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

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.

Screenshots

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