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The End of Gameplay

97% positive of 37 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam, itch.io

Made by droqen.

About the game

droqen's desperate attempt to explain, or explore, or understand the true meaning of "kill gameplay."

Tagged by players

  • Philosophical
  • Nonlinear
  • Abstract
  • Walking Simulator
  • Surreal
  • 2D Platformer
  • Platformer
  • Open World
  • Minimalist
  • Exploration
  • Stylized
  • Story Rich

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What players say

  • Recommended
    The End of Gameplay is a collection of "level-poems" — platformer levels set to poetry — by Canadian game developer droqen. As such, its structure resembles more a poetry collection than a conventional platformer, although rest assured that plenty of game, perhaps ironically, lies within. Originally, I wanted to write a dissection of the game's ideas here, but decided the format of Steam review was ill-suited to it.…

    5.2 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    That was a lot of work to ultimately say something pretty mundane. I guess for me, I'm looking for my art to not just be a communication of vulnerability, but to say something interesting. Hacking down the 4th wall to say the walls are fake and the common structures of the medium are fabricated just doesn't hit with me. Especially when, if the thesis statement (near as I can tell from looking at Droqen's words…

    1.9 h played when written. 25 found it helpful.

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