Underplayed Gems

Garlic (2021)

Garlic cover
Developer
Sylph
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.4 of 5, 393 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 5.8 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A frantic, pixelated platformer where tight wall jumps and dashes meet a quirky, self-aware story.

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What players say

Players praise the movement and humor but report widespread technical issues with achievements and a broken final boss. The level design draws mixed reactions, with some calling it lazy or copy-pasted, while the difficulty is seen as uneven, spiking sharply in mid-game sections.

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Screenshots

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