Downwell

GameSpot

Edmond Tran·Jan 31, 2019

Critic80/100

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Challenging, accessible and engaging. Downwell is a focused action-platformer done well.

Nintendo Life

Gavin Lane·Jan 31, 2019

Critic90/100

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This is an excellent port of a game that feels like it's found a natural home on Switch thanks to a plethora of control options and the console's natural facility with vertical orientation. Short of popping your 4K TV on its side, Switch offers the very best way to play Downwell. Its roguelike structure and twitch platforming might not be for everyone, but you should really give it a chance. For our money, it's a modern classic that should be in everyone's collection.

Push Square

Sammy Barker·May 24, 2016

Critic70/100

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Unless Lassie's got our back, then we'd never normally want to get lost down a well – but Downwell is a strong exception. This fun little freefallin' title ties you up in its gun-boot antics, and is difficult to put down once you casually drop in. The action's perhaps better suited to vertical screens, and it can be a bit obtuse – but for the price of a Big Mac, this is one deadly descent that deserves your tuppence.

Game Informer

Joe Juba·Nov 6, 2015

Critic75/100

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This retro-styled hybrid provides short and replayable bursts of action, but the well isn’t deep enough to swallow you up.

Eurogamer

Jeffrey Matulef·Oct 22, 2015

Critic80/100

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Downwell doesn't look like much on the surface, but you don't have to dig deep to unearth its myriad of pleasures. Its …

Rock Paper Shotgun

Adam Smith·Oct 19, 2015

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That I love the game even with a Virtual Boy palette is testament to how lovely it is. Very lovely. And very smart.