Underplayed Gems

Vera Swings (2018)

Vera Swings cover
Developer
Brett Yeager
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
Rating
3.8 of 5, 21 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 44 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

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A delicate, dreamy platformer where timing each star-swing feels like a peaceful but precise ascent through a pastel sky.

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What players say

Players call it a swing-based platformer that takes practice to control, with a punishing difficulty that can frustrate. It's short, compared to Getting Over It, and the ending is underwhelming, but the music and simple loop keep some players coming back.

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.