Who Takes The Crown? (2025)
- Developer
- devthedoug
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy
- Rating
- 4.2 of 5, 38 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 54 minutes
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A tense and punishing precision platformer where careful timing and patience are required to climb chess-like levels, with a darkly humorous psychological horror twist.
precision platformerdifficultsouls-likepuzzle-platformerfunnypsychological horrortiming-basedpunishing
What players say
Players enjoy the novel mix of chess and precision platforming, calling it challenging but rewarding. Some complain about softlocks from missed super jumps, and a few find the basic controls miserable.
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