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IGDB / 13677

Downwell

2015 76 / 100 Adventure Arcade Indie
Downwell is a curious game about a young man with guns for boots venturing down a well in search of untold treasures. Make your way further and further down into a darkness filled with nasty creatures and mysterious secrets and collect the spectacular red gems scattered about the rocks. Step into an oddly placed shop to buy some helpful items or level up between caverns to battle well dwelling monsters and uncover hi Show full summary

Downwell is a curious game about a young man with guns for boots venturing down a well in search of untold treasures. Make your way further and further down into a darkness filled with nasty creatures and mysterious secrets and collect the spectacular red gems scattered about the rocks. Step into an oddly placed shop to buy some helpful items or level up between caverns to battle well dwelling monsters and uncover hidden caves filled with riches and relics. No two trips down the well are ever the same!

World design Nicht eindeutig Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused StructureRoguelike

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Downwell is a curious game about a young man with guns for boots venturing down a well in search of untold treasures. Make your way further and further down into a darkness filled with nasty creatures and mysterious secrets and collect the spectacular red gems scattered about the rocks. Step into an oddly placed shop to buy some helpful items or level up between caverns to battle well dwelling monsters and uncover hidden caves filled with riches and relics. No two trips down the well are ever the same!

Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused StructureRoguelike GenreAdventure GenreArcade GenreIndie GenrePlatform GenreShooter ThemeAction ThemeFantasy ThemeScience fiction Traitbloody Traitboss fight Traitcat Traitcountdown timer Traitdeliberately retro Traitdeveloped by one person Traitdigital distribution Traitexplosion Traitfalling sequence Traitfrog Traitghosts Traitgiant squid Traitjellyfish Traitleveling up Traitminimalism Traitpax east 2015 Traitpixel art Traitpop culture reference Traitpreviously on - pc gamepass Traitprocedural generation Traitrandomly generated maps Traitroguelike Traitroguelite Traitshoot 'em up Traitshopping Traitsleeping Traitstat tracking Traitsteam Traitsteam achievements Traittemporary invincibility Traittime limit Traittime manipulation Traittraps Traittreasure chest Traitturtle Traitunlockable difficulty level Traitunlockables Traitupgradeable weapons Traitvertical platforming Traitvertical scrolling Traitwall jump Traitwater level

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Moppin
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Science fiction
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • iOS Oct 14, 2015
  • Android Jan 27, 2016
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Oct 15, 2015
  • PlayStation 4 May 24, 2016
  • Nintendo Switch Jan 31, 2019
  • PlayStation Vita May 24, 2016

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