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2012PC, Xbox90 % positive

A 2D puzzle-platformer set in an inventor's lab, where you use gateway guns to open paths through walls. Portal-style puzzles meet Metroidvania-style exploration and unlockable abilities.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Interconnected level design
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Pixel art
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In short: Games like Gateways

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Gateways special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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You Have to Win the Game

93 %Match

2012PC, Steam Deck verified92 % positivefree

Brings what grabs you about Gateways: interconnected level design, pixel art as well as jumping and platforming.

A free retro platformer styled after early 1980s PC games, where you explore a small world full of hidden routes and secrets in order to win. It playfully toys with genre conventions and has little story or conventional combat.

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Toki Tori 2

Puzzles and brain teasers

You explore a lush forest island full of quirky creatures and solve clever puzzles by whistling and stomping to steer their behavior. The charming pixel look hides a story about a black goo threatening your home world.

1000 Amps

Interconnected level design

As the little plug Plug, you explore a sprawling tree-like network, light up its areas and solve puzzles in a compact Metroidvania-style platformer.

Mini Ghost

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A short mini Metroidvania with the look and feel of 1980s MSX computers, serving as a small prequel to Ghost 1.0. It offers compact exploration and classic platforming action.

VVVVVV

Jumping and platforming

A tough retro platformer where you can't jump but instead flip gravity to switch between floor and ceiling. Brutally precise rooms, generous checkpoints and a pounding chiptune soundtrack make it a cult classic.

Crystal Caves

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic 1991 Apogee platformer where space miner Mylo Steamwitz works through caves full of crystals, traps and light puzzles. Its colorful EGA look and arcade feel recall Commander Keen.

Xeodrifter

Jumping and platforming

A compact retro space Metroidvania: you hop between four small planets, blast aliens, find new abilities and beat bosses. It is short, accessible and built around exploration.

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