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“Falling with style.”
10/10 – Destructoid

About This Game

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots for protection. Make your way further and further down into the darkness filled with nasty creatures and mysterious secrets to collect the spectacular red gems scattered about the rocks. Step into precariously placed shops and buy some helpful items or level up between levels to battle well-dwelling monsters and uncover hidden caves filled with riches and relics. No two trips down the well are ever the same!

The Amazing Gunboots - The fashionable and lethal Gunboots allow players to unleash a torrent of firepower on the nasty creatures dwelling in the well and slow your decent with each shot.

Unique Weapons & Items - Get different weapons, shop for peculiar items and obtain powerful upgrades that all stack and affect the way you play!

A New Adventure Every Time - Each level in Downwell is procedurally generated, so no two trips down the well are ever the same providing a fresh new adventure each time!

Music by Eirik Suhrke.
Sound Design by Joonas Turner.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS: Windows 7 or later
Memory: 1 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 200 MB available space
Additional Notes: Controller recommended.

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Posted: 12 August

Never knew going Down-a-Well could be so fun

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Posted: 12 August

Jason Bourne: "Jesus Christ thats the Downwell kid!"

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Posted: 12 August

Awesome game, a bit similar to Spelunky(another awesome game). The only "downside" is that game is not balanced for the hard mode, that is, the hard mode isn't that difficult, but shops/gems impact is much less compared to the normal mode. The same goes for the good half of the upgrades(except they are useless in normal mode too :D). And there are like 4-5 good palettes(the starting one is alright tho).

So yep, buy this if you love Spelunky.

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Posted: 11 August

Two Words: Gun Boots

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Posted: 11 August

Fast-paced gameplay, a deep combo system, and constant feelings of satisfaction combine to make a fantastic game for a very low price. Definitely pick this up.

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Posted: 10 August

This game goes down well.

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Posted: 9 August

i bough this game just because the music sound good and the gameplay was orginal. But i spent more time in the store becuase that beat too sick. 10/10

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Posted: 8 August

Such a good game. For the love of God, use a controller or a mobile device.

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Posted: 8 August

Much fun. WOW

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Posted: 8 August

Downwell is the game-iest game I've played in a long time.

Forget extraneous mechanics, bloated level systems and obligatory crafting menus.
This game takes just one mechanic and expands on it with brilliant design, culminating in a contemporary arcade king that's as challenging and exhilerating as it is technical. But don't be intimidated! With a wealth of cosmetic unlockables as well as gameplay styles, you're sure to find something that suits you.

Play it, love it, die a lot and repeat.

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Most Helpful Reviews In the past 30 days

Amazon Instant Video and Chill

4,482 products in account

20 reviews

Posted: 18 July

Though the gameplay is based on one deceptively simple mechanic (the jump button, which becomes the button to shoot your gunboots while in mid-air), Downwell offers multiple layers of complexity through frenetic action in randomly-generated stages. Randomized upgrades at the end of each stage and in mid-stage shops and side rooms will be familiar to Binding of Isaac veterans; this adds some strategy to your character build and becomes necessary as later stages increase in difficulty.

This is a fantastic game well worth the asking price. On sale this is a no-brainer of a purchase.

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Poisony

191 products in account

54 reviews

Posted: 20 July

You are falling down the well. You shoot bullets with your boots (SHIFT or SPACE) and move (W and D). You have to survive, stomp some enemies, shoot other enemies, upgrade your life and the energy gauge of your boots, control your descent, make combos to earn more gems, so you can survive, stomp, shoot and fall better.

Simple core mechanic, perfectly designed.

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Akka

456 products in account

237 reviews

Posted: 16 July

Plays more like a fast-paced shmup game than a platfomrer. If you have three hours and a couple bucks to burn then give this a try.

It won't last more than a few hours though. Chances are you'll either beat it or get bored because you're 2 casual.

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Non-Fat yogurt

33 products in account

24 reviews

Posted: 15 July

Game: Downwell
Price: 2.99(I got it on sale)

I say that downwell is a pretty darn good game. It can get really addicting and has quite a few rewards. You can get styles. Some styles are just used to change your look, but some may increase health or options. You can also get palettes which change the color of the screen. At the end of every level, you get a powerup to help you.

Pros:
Fun
Retro
Cheap
Great for all people
Palettes
Fun to watch yourself get better

Cons:
Difficult, but its ok(its the point too)
Bats
Snails
Crawlers
THE FREAKING EYEBALLS

You can see that the game is good already.

Gameplay: 10/10
Soundtrack: 10/10
Replayability: 10/10
Graphics: 10/10. Retro always gets a 10

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AgentRainbow66

28 products in account

1 review

Posted: 23 July

This is a perfect example of a simple idea, a few game mechanics, and a fun art style can make a superp and polished game!! Highly recommend

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Jeek

318 products in account

9 reviews

Posted: 14 July

I didn't know a game could still make me feel this way.

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flutterface

85 products in account

3 reviews

Posted: 14 July

I bought this game on sale for half price to see if it was any good. It was cheap, so why not? I had no idea I would be in for this. Within the week, I had it on PC, PS Vita, and Android and I don't regret spending a single cent. This game is so fun and at the price, the value is just perfect. The combo system is fun, the items make enough gameplay changes, the music is top notch, and the visual style is striking. The fact that playing earns you more color palettes is still another cherry on top of this package. It's basically impossible for me not to recommend it. If you don't like this game, you just don't like fun.

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pröt8

109 products in account

10 reviews

Posted: 24 July

Fast-paced Intense game with high-overall-quality. Worth 3$))

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Azeltov

6 products in account

3 reviews

Posted: 25 July

very fun but im so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible at it

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EdgySphinx #TRUMP

212 products in account

8 reviews

Posted: 7 August

In a time where the platformer genre is completely stale and every "new" game feels the same, Downwell actually manages to feel unique. A little bit rogue-like-like, with random enemy placement and level generation, a little bit RPG with upgrades and special abilities, a little bit shmup (in vertical reverse) and good old head-stomping.

Add a retro difficulty curve to that and you have a game with a ton of replay value. Also, the soundtrack is great.

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