Downwell

Downwell

Steam Deck Verified

Moppin · Precision Platformer · Oct 15, 2015

Yes, worth buying.

At $2.99. It has been as low as $0.74.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
9k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 9k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise13% are divided12% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It’s got a refreshingly new type of gameplay for a platformer, and the shadowy, creepy pixel graphics were stylish and fun to watch.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It’s got a refreshingly new type of gameplay for a platformer, and the shadowy, creepy pixel graphics were stylish and fun to watch.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Through dying many times you can also unlock different characters and palette swaps for the entire game, some of which will make your eyes bleed, others which are awesome enough that they might actually improve your skill level.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
This Sega’s greatest classics feeling is emphasized with a brilliant synthetized soundtrack with some dissonant and noisy fragments that resembles Motohiro Kawashima’s compositions for Streets of Rage 3.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Played with PlayStation 4 controller
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
UPDATE: This works amazingly well on my Steam Deck.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Gameplay63 reviews
Graphics37 reviews
Story and characters20 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Controls8 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty37 reviews
95%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat24 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $2.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.74.

6 points recordedtoday · $2.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
20
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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