Underplayed Gems

UpWakeNing (2020)

UpWakeNing cover
Developer
Pham Studio
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating
5.0 of 5, 26 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 56 minutes
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

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How it feels

A tense, unforgiving precision platformer where every misstep chips away at your sanity in a darkly humorous, psychological horror dreamscape.

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What players say

Players say it is a brutally difficult foddian platformer that evokes the frustration and satisfaction of Getting Over It and Jump King. The mouse-and-hold-space controls are simple but hard to master, and the lack of a restart button is a common complaint. Long-time players also note that the narrator taunts you on failure and the game is well-suited for streaming to friends.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.