Always The Same Nightmare (2021)

- Developer
- DreamVeloper Studio
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie
- Rating
- 5.0 of 5, 6 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 2.3 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A tense, punishing precision platformer where each death teaches a lesson and time manipulation is key to escaping a dark dungeon.
punishingpreciseretrodarktrial and errortime manipulationfast-pacedscore attack
What players say
Players describe a brutal retro platformer that is highly replayable for speedrunning. Some note frustrating control inversion in certain levels, while many praise the addictive difficulty and sense of accomplishment from mastering its challenges.
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